Starting with acetylene develop a synthetic strategyto prepare 2,2,7,7-tetramethyloct-(4E)-ene. Your answershould include the following.
Stereochemical/regiochemical justification
Mechanistic justification (i.e. where possible showmechanism)
Predict the 1H NMR signals for each step and provide adrawing with values inserted above the appropriate proton. (Do not predict of consider ions or side-products).
