QuestionOrganic / tandem radical cyclisation
The major product formed in the following reaction is
- (a) Decalin (6-6 fused) with C(CN)(COOC₂H₅) next to the ring junction
- (b) Hydrindane (6-5 fused) with C(CN)(COOC₂H₅) in the six-membered ring next to one ring junction and a methyl on the five-membered ring next to the other ring junction
- (c) Hexahydroazulene (7-5 fused) with C(CN)(COOC₂H₅) in the five-membered ring
- (d) Bicyclopentyl with C(CN)(COOC₂H₅) on one ring next to the ring–ring bond
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