Starting with cyclohexane, proceed through the series of reactions shown above. For products , , and ; count the total number of (carbon to oxygen) bonds in each molecule. In the image above, m-CPBA stands for meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid and PCC stands for pyridinium chlorochromate.
You answer should be the sum of the bonds in products , , and .
Note: Be careful of certain groups; for example, a ketone will count as two bonds. Same is true for epoxides. And of course, carboxylic acids will contain three.
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