Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 30.8, Problem 8P

Propose a mechanism to account for the fact that heating 1-deuterioindene scrambles the isotope label to all three positions on the five-membered ring:

Chapter 30.8, Problem 8P, Propose a mechanism to account for the fact that heating 1-deuterioindene scrambles the isotope

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