Chapter 30: Q.30-17 (page 1033)
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

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Chapter 30: Q.30-17 (page 1033)
The following thermal rearrangement involves two pericyclic reactions in sequence. Identify them, and propose a mechanism to account for the observed result.

Mechanism is given as

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