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Interpretation:
The three electrophilic addition steps for the formation of cholesterol from squalene as per Equation 11-38 are to be drawn using curved arrow notation.
Concept introduction:
An electrophilic addition reaction step is one in which an electron-rich species attacks an electron-poor species to form a
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