Q.30-19
Question
The following thermal isomerization occurs under relatively mild conditions. Identify the pericyclic reactions involved, and show how the rearrangement occurs.
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The Conversion can be shown as
1Reaction
The steps involved are
- 1,5 sigmatropic rearrangement
- Rotation of bond
- 1,5 sigmatropic rearrangement
2Mechanism
The whole mechanism can be represented as:
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