Identify the major product X in the following reaction sequence:

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The given reaction is the hydroboration-oxidation of 1-methylcyclohexene. The reagents B ₂ H ₆ followed by H ₂ O ₂ in an alkaline medium ( OH ^- ) cause the anti-Markovnikov addition of water ( H and OH ) across the carbon-carbon double bond. In 1-methylcyclohexene, the double bond is between C1 (which bears the methyl group) and C2. According to anti-Markovnikov regioselectivity, the OH group attaches to the less substituted carbon, which is C2, while the H atom attaches to the more substituted carbon, C1. This fo