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Limonene, a fragrant hydrocarbon found in lemons and oranges, is biosynthesized from geranyl diphosphate by the following pathway. Add curved arrows to show the mechanism of each step. Which step involves an alkene
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This results in a single bond and a positive charge developing on the carbon atom. This can be represented as follows: \[ \begin{{align*}} \text{{Proton leaves}} & \rightarrow \text{{Bond breaks}} \\ \text{{Single bond forms}} & \rightarrow \text{{Positive charge Show more…
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