How would you use Friedel Crafts acylation, Clemmensen reduction, and Gatterman-Koch synthesis to prepare isobutyl phenyl ketone?

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Problem 48AP: How might you convert geraniol into either ethyl geranylacetate or geranylacetone?
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How would you use Friedel Crafts acylation, Clemmensen reduction, and Gatterman-Koch synthesis to prepare isobutyl phenyl ketone?

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