Why hydration of alkene is not an oxidation reaction but the hydroxylation is
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— Proton transfer from the acid catalyst generates the conjugate acid of the epoxide, which is attacked by nucleophiles such as water in the same way that the cyclic bromonium ion described above undergoes reaction. ... This hydration of an epoxide does not change the oxidation state of any atoms or groups.
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