Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
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Chapter 27.SE, Problem 48AP
α-Fenchone is a pleasant-smelling terpenoid isolated from oil of lavender. Propose a pathway for the formation of α-fenchone from geranyl diphosphate. A carbocation rearrangement is required.
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