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Do you protonate the oxygen first?




I think the mechanism will be something like this,  
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V8TV0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V8TV0.jpg)


In first step the hydrogen attached to $C\_2$ as the carbocation on $C\_1$ is more stable.


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