To accomplish a Markovnikov addition of water to an unsymmetrical alkene with minimal skeletal rearrangement, the best reagents would be:
A) water and dilute acid
B) water and concentrated acid
C) 1. Hg(OAc) 2, H2O 2. NaBH4, NaOH
D) 1. BH3•THF 2. H2O2, NaOH
E) 1. OsO4, pyridine 2. NaHSO3, H2O
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