Chapter 12: Q.56. (page 491)
Question: One compound that contributes to the 鈥渟eashore smell鈥漚t beaches in Hawai鈥檚 is dictyopterene D鈥 with excess in the presence of a Pd catalyst forms butylcycloheptane. Ozonolysis with followed by forms ,, and . What are possible structures of dictyopterene D鈥?
Short Answer
Answer
The possible structures for compound D are as shown.









