Question

Ch12 Ht H2SO f most substituted alcohol HgSO4 Но enol

Would you get the same answer without the presence of HgSO4? or did HgSO4 block a carbo cation rearrangment where a 1,2 methyl shift could have occurred allowing the OH nucleophile onto the tertbutyl group?

Answer 1

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