Chapter 22: Q6P (page 1156)
Propose a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed reaction of cyclohexanone with pyrrolidine.
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Chapter 22: Q6P (page 1156)
Propose a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed reaction of cyclohexanone with pyrrolidine.

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A student wanted to dry some diacetone alcohol and allowed it to stand over anhydrous potassium carbonate for a week. At the end of the week, the sample was found to contain nearly pure acetone. Propose a mechanism for the reaction that took place.
Question:Show how you would use an aldol, Claisen, or another type of condensation to make each compound
b.

Show how you would use an aldol, Claisen, or another type of condensation to make each compound.

Show how octane-2,7-dione might cyclize to a cycloheptenone. Explain why ring closure to the cycloheptenone is not favored.
Predict the major products of the following reactions.
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