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Write a structure which satisfies the information given for each of the lettered compounds; 

 

Compound A, C4H6O, lmax 219 nm, and compound B of the same molecular formula with no maximum in the ultraviolet, but only end absorption down to 195 nm.  Compound C, C8H12, shows an ultraviolet spectrum with lmax 265 nm.  Compound C produces p-xylene in the reaction shown below: