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1-(Cyclohex-1-en-1-yl)pyrrolidine is stirred with dilute aqueous . The organic products after the reaction are

  1. Acyclohexanone and pyrrolidinium chloride
  2. Bcyclohexanol and pyrrolidine
  3. Ccyclohexene and pyrrolidinone
  4. D1-cyclohexylpyrrolidine

Answer: A

Enamine formation is reversible. Protonation at the beta carbon gives the iminium ion, water adds at the C=N+ carbon, and the carbinolamine collapses to cyclohexanone and the amine, which is protonated as pyrrolidinium chloride under the acidic conditions.
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