Q.30-17
Question
The following thermal rearrangement involves two pericyclic reactions in sequence. Identify them, and propose a mechanism to account for the observed result.
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Mechanism is given as
1Reaction
The steps involved are
- 4 Membered Ring Opening
- 3 Membered Ring Opening(4+2 cycloaddition)
2Mechanism
The mechanism can be represented as:
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