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When styrene is refluxed with aqueous sulfuric acid, two “styrene dimmers” are formed as t...

When styrene is refluxed with aqueous sulfuric acid, two “styrene dimmers” are formed as the major products. One of these styrene dimers is 1, 3-diphenyl-1-butene; the other is 1-methyl- 3-phenylindan. Suggest a reasonable mechanism for the formation of each of these compounds.

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