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Old July 1st, 2006, 17:21
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Default the addition has not an ionic mechanism

There is a little detail (UV light) than means we cannot use the Markovnikov rule. The rule is OK for ionic addition, but here we have a radicalic addition. So, the most probably shall be 1-Bromoderivative (the intermediate is a free radical)