QuestionHeterocycles / intramolecular Chichibabin amination
The major product formed in the following reaction is


- (a) tetrahydro-1,6-naphthyridine: NH ring fused at C-4/C-5 positions, aminopropyl at C-2
- (b) cyclopenta[b]pyridine bearing NH₂ on the five-membered ring, aminopropyl at C-2
- (c) 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine (NH next to ring N), 3-aminopropyl at C-2
- (d) tetrahydro-1,5-naphthyridine (NH at β-position), 3-aminopropyl on the pyridine ring
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