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Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
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Chapter 15, Problem 37P
(a) Exaltolide, a musk substance, has been prepared by the reaction sequence shown. What
is compound A?
(b) An analogous sequence using 
reactant also gives Exaltolide. What is the product of ring-closing metathesis of this reactant?
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