QuestionCarbocation rearrangement / pinacol and ring expansion
The major product formed in the following reaction sequence is


- (a) Bicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1(5)-ene (C=C at the ring fusion)
- (b) Bicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1-ene (C=C from ring fusion into one ring)
- (c) Spiro[3.4]oct-5-ene (C=C next to the spiro carbon)
- (d) Spiro[3.4]oct-6-ene
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