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Question 3. [time = 6 + 12 - 18 minutes) (a) Cyclooctatetraene reacts rapidly with potassium metal to form a salt, K[cyclooctatetraene). What shape do you expect the ring to have in this compound? A similar reaction of hexa(trimethylsilyl)benzene with lithium also gives a salt. What shape do you expect this ring to have? Explain. 120 0 0 2K SiMe Simes s ime s 720 Sime, Megsi Meysi 2 2u Me Si Megsi SiMe3 SiMe3 Sime, SiMe3

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a tub like Cycloactateraene has Structuniwli planar Hezachaimity Sily)thas planar g0ameray BY OH BIZ fe NO2 Mech: Na elechaplle е Он C4l NOZ NOz Fer Bi fe Br +Br оM Br B,O Nov NO7

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