Section 4.2 Organic Chemistry Textbook

[keyanabogan 2J]

In section 4.2, the example given shows in step 1 that the propene results in propan-2-ylium as reactants and it has the hyrdrogen atom attached to the CH2 molecule. Does the H have to be attached to the CH2 on the outside or can it just be attached to the CH in the chemical reaction?

[Jenny2G]

The hydrogen can't go to the middle one because the bromide needs to go to the carbon in the middle in order for the product to have less dipole moment.