Heating carvone with aqueous sulfuric acid converts it into carvacrol. The mechanism involves the following steps:

1. The terminal alkene of carvone reacts with acid to form tertiary carbocation 1;
2. A hydride shift results in the formation of tertiary carbocation 2;
3. Deprotonation of the ring leads to conjugated diene 3;
4. Deprotonation at the α carbon leads to the product carvacrol.

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Draw the mechanism and then draw the structure of tertiary carbocation 2.

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