When 1-cyclobutylethanol (shown below) is treated with concentrated H 2 SO 4 at 120 C, one of

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When 1-cyclobutylethanol (shown below) is treated with concentrated H2SO4 at 120 °C, one of the products that is formed is methylcyclopentene. Please write a mechanism that can account for the formation of this new product.

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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