Chapter 28: Q37P (page 1238)
Draw the product of each of the following sigmatropic rearrangements:
Chapter 28: Q37P (page 1238)
Draw the product of each of the following sigmatropic rearrangements:
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Explain why maleic anhydride reacts rapidly with 1,3-butadiene but does not react at all with ethene under thermal conditions.
Problem:a. Under thermal conditions, will ring closure of (2E,4Z,6Z,8E)-2,4,6,8-decatetraene be conrotatory or disrotatory?
b. Will the product have the cis or the trans configuration?
c. Under photochemical conditions, will ring closure be conrotatory or disrotatory?
d. Will the product have the cis or the trans configuration?
Explain why compound A will not undergo a ring-opening reaction under thermal conditions, but compound B will.
Account for the difference in the products of the following reactions:
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