Hi,
I just received an assignment that I've been working on and I've hit something of a roadblock.
I'm asked to draw a mechanism for the following reaction:
This is my attempt thus far:
Since I can't see any way to get rid of that carbocation I think that I'm probably way off, so if anybody could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks.
Edit: I've also come up with this:
But I feel like this is not quite right, either.