An experiment was conducted. Where cyclopentadienyl anion was reacted with benzophenone to produce fulvene. Only 2% of the expected yield of fulvene was obtained as the actual yield. Explain what might be the reasons of obtaining such an extremely small yield

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An experiment was conducted. Where cyclopentadienyl anion was reacted with benzophenone to produce fulvene. Only 2% of the expected yield of fulvene was obtained as the actual yield. Explain what might be the reasons of obtaining such an extremely small yield.

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