Treatment of 1-methylcyclohexene with H₃O⁺ would be expected to yield as the major product which of the molecules below?

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The reaction of 1-methylcyclohexene with H₃O⁺ would undergo an anti-Markovnikov addition of a sulfonic acid group (-SO3H) to the less substituted carbon of the double bond, resulting in the formation of 2-sulfonic acid-1-methylcyclohexane as the major product. This product is represented by molecule IV. Therefore, the correct answer is choice D. The other molecules (I, II, III and V) would not be expected as products of this reaction.

Treatment of 1-Methylcyclohexene with H3O+ Would Be Expected to Yield

Treatment of 1-Methylcyclohexene with H₃O⁺ Would Be Expected to Yield