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QUESTION
The conversion of cycloheptatriene to the cycloheptatrienyl cation can be accomplished by treating cycloheptatriene with triphenylcarbenium...
The conversion of cycloheptatriene to the cycloheptatrienyl cation can be accomplished by treating cycloheptatriene with triphenylcarbenium perchlorate [(C6H5)3C+ ClO4‾].
(a) Write the structure of triphenylcarbenium perchlorate and show how it abstracts a hydride ion from cycloheptatriene.
(b) What other product is formed in this reaction?
(c) What anion is associated with the cycloheptatrienyl cation that is produced?
