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Alkenes can isomerize under aqueous acidic conditions to form a more stable alkene. Draw the more stable alkene isomer and give the curved arrow mechanism to show its formation. g

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See explanation below

Step-by-step explanation:

You are not providing the alkene you want to stabilize, however, I manage to find a similar question with an alkene. All you have to do is follow the same procedure, cause its pretty similar the steps.

According to the below picture, we have an alkene between carbon 1 and 2, where carbon 2 is less stable than carbon 3 which have another methyl group.

In order to do this, in a first step, the alkene is converted into a alkane by the addition of a hydrogen atom that the hydronium has. Then, in the next step, we have a substraction of the hydrogen in carbon 3 to form the double bond between carbon 1 and 3.

Alkenes can isomerize under aqueous acidic conditions to form a more stable alkene-example-1
Alkenes can isomerize under aqueous acidic conditions to form a more stable alkene-example-2
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