QuestionOrganic / carbocation rearrangement, Friedel-Crafts cyclialkylation
The major product formed in the following reaction is :


- (a) 1,1,2-Trimethylindane bearing a 2-hydroxyethyl group at C4
- (b) 2-tert-Butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene
- (c) Seven-membered cyclic ether (tetrahydro-3-benzoxepine) with a tert-butyl group next to O
- (d) Eight-membered cyclic ether (benzoxocine) with gem-dimethyl next to O and a methyl on the adjacent carbon
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