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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Vital Y on October 18, 2016, 07:13:55 AM

Title: A question involving pericyclic reactions
Post by: Vital Y on October 18, 2016, 07:13:55 AM

(https://d18l82el6cdm1i.cloudfront.net/image_optimizer/a7385ea2eb3cb99efd15737c4887872529359bcb.jpg)

I tried to obtain the structure of intermediate A, I think this might be its structure:
(https://d18l82el6cdm1i.cloudfront.net/image_optimizer/23a0f64158ee9ba1020227b35f24bd94935699a6.jpg)

Is this structure correct?

Title: Re: A question involving pericyclic reactions
Post by: discodermolide on October 19, 2016, 04:55:50 AM

Perhaps a look at this page may help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pummerer_rearrangement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pummerer_rearrangement)

Title: Re: A question involving pericyclic reactions
Post by: Vital Y on October 19, 2016, 07:00:45 AM

Thanks, I think I got most of the mechanism now.