Suggest two possible structures of an unsaturated ketone that will be produced from the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylcyclohexanone. At what position in the IR spectrum would you expect each to absorb? If the actual product has an absorption at 1670 cm-1, what is its structure?

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Suggest two possible structures of an unsaturated ketone that will be produced from the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylcyclohexanone. At what position in the IR spectrum would you expect each to absorb? If the actual product has an absorption at 1670 cm-1, what is its structure?

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