Can you help me draw the mechanism for this question? We are going to draw the mechanism of the following reactionOverall reaction: (To show you where we are going you will use the steps belowOHOHDraw the mechanism of each stepОНхонH30*H30*НО.OH+ OHОНХоно.ОНOHОН+ H2OH₂OОННО.НООнOHОН+H₂O+

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Can you help me draw the mechanism for this question?

We are going to draw the mechanism of the following reaction
Overall reaction: (To show you where we are going you will use the steps below
OH
OH
Draw the mechanism of each step
ОН
хон
H30*
H30*
НО.
OH+ OH
ОН
Хо
но.
ОН
OH
ОН
+ H2O
H₂O
ОН
НО.
НО
Он
OH
ОН
+
H₂O+

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In the given reaction, a cyclic organic compound is treated with hydronium ion and the product is a non-cyclic organic compound with an alcohol group and a carboxylic acid group. During the depiction of reaction mechanism, arrow is used whose tail depicts the electron rich site and head depicts the electron deficient side.

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