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when the H(+) dehydrates the alcohol group
and leaves behind a carbocation
why does it not rearrange to the more stable leftmost tertiary spot, where it would also form a six membered ring?
It doesn't?
wha?
i got the answer that way
what happens
It's esterification. Alcohol dissociates, gives O(-), which attacks C=O
oh wtf
-OH on C=O is not a particularly good leaving group, so the H(+) takes care of that
i used the wrong formula and got the right answer
how nice
Happens. You're screwed when one of the Oxygen just happens to be an ¹⁸O though.
yeah that makes sense
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