a) The student double-checks the labels of the reagent bottles
and finds that the bottles were correctly labeled.
b) The student then takes a mass spectrum of cyclopentadiene from
the reagent bottle and observes an unusual peak at m/z 132.2 which
was twice the mass of cyclopentadiene m/z 66.1.
c) The student makes a conclusion that the cyclopentadiene must
have dimerized via a self-Diels-Alder reaction over time.
PLEASE ANSWER the FOLLOWING QUESTIONS based on the
discussion above:
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toluene o + 1 2 3
I I Н. H І I (1) (2)
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