Question

Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus transmitted to elm trees by the elm bark beetle. The female beetle, when she has located an attractive elm tree, releases several pheromones, including multistriatin, below. These pheromones attract male beetles, which bring with them the deadly fungus. Treating multistriatin with dilute aqueous acid at room temperature leads to the formation of a product, C_10 H_20 O_3, which shows a strong infrared peak near 1715 cm^-1. Propose a structure for this product.

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Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus transmitted to elm trees by the elm bark beetle. The female beetle, when she has located an attractive elm tree, releases several pheromones, including multistriatin, below. These pheromones attract male beetles, which bring with them the deadly fungus Multistriatin Treating multistriatin with dilute aqueous acid at room temperature leads to the formation of a product, C10H2003, which shows a strong infrared peak near 1715 cm1 Propose a structure for this product. Product is: This reaction is internal acetal deprotection он IR stretching 1715 cm indicates for Carbonyl он