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Parth (parthkohli):

OChem

Parth (parthkohli):

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Parth (parthkohli):

Add pyrophosphoric acid to this.

OpenStudy (hawk):

Benzenaldehyde

OpenStudy (hawk):

I think

Parth (parthkohli):

Yeah kinda seems like a double-ring formation

OpenStudy (kainui):

There's something suspicious about this because of that single hydrogen in the middle there, but I am going to guess that the pyrophosphate removes an OH forming an acylium intermediate and cyclizes, then immediately tautomerizes.

OpenStudy (kainui):

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