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Offline bigrisberger229

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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Offline rolnor

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Re: Need help understanding the mechanism of the reaction below
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2020, 03:07:49 PM »
This could be a startingpoint, can you suggest the rest of the reaction?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_reaction

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Re: Need help understanding the mechanism of the reaction below
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2020, 04:11:33 PM »
Thank you for the suggestion but as far as I know its a Robinson annulation reaction. I am confused about the mechanism though.

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Re: Need help understanding the mechanism of the reaction below
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2020, 05:25:09 PM »
Hi,
i cant undestand, but if you get, please explain me also.

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Re: Need help understanding the mechanism of the reaction below
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2020, 05:35:43 PM »
Search Organic Chemistry Portal
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Re: Need help understanding the mechanism of the reaction below
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2020, 06:16:08 PM »
@OP,

It is a forum rule (see red link above) that you must provide your thoughts before we can help you.  You have been given some hints; therefore, you should be able to make a strong start.

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