When combining isoprene equivalents, IPP is never the electrophile. Why might this be? What is special about DPP that allows it to function better as an electrophile? [Draw the carbocation that each becomes.]

Mullins 1st Edition
Ch. 8 - Alkenes 1: Properties and Electrophilic Additions
Problema 44Suggest a mechanism for the synthesis of farnesol beginning with IPP and DPP.

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Isoprenoid Biosynthesis
Condensation Reactions
Farnesol Structure and Function
Ethers can be synthesized by substituting ethanol for water in the acid-catalyzed hydration reaction. Suggest an arrow-pushing mechanism which accounts for the formation of the ethyl ether under these conditions.
Which of the following carbocations would you expect to rearrange? If you expect rearrangement, draw the carbocation you expect to form and the mechanism by which it will form.
(a)
Which of the following carbocations would you expect to rearrange? If you expect rearrangement, draw the carbocation you expect to form and the mechanism by which it will form.
(c)
Provide the alkene that would give the following alcohols under acid-catalyzed hydration conditions.
(a)
Which of the following carbocations would you expect to rearrange? If you expect rearrangement, draw the carbocation you expect to form and the mechanism by which it will form.
(b)