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Nucleophilic Substitution
7. Substitution Reactions / Nucleophilic Substitution / Problem 4

The synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid is illustrated here:


Mechanism for synthesizing 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, showing intermediate A.


Illustrate the mechanism and determine the intermediate (A).

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