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Hello everyone, I wanted to ask you how to solve the following retrosynthesis by the dexconnections method. Also, if you could include the corresponding synthesis, it would be appreciated!
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Hello Elena

I upload a proposal, you complete it with the synthesis


Greetings

Hello Wilbert, regarding your proposal I don't understand very well from the 5th to the 6th step, because how do you disconnect the benzene ring?

A cyclohexene, Diels Alder adduct, can be transformed into benzene using various agents that dehydrogenate it, the most common being DDQ (Dichlorodicyanoquinone). This procedure is also known as "aromatization"