Q15 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2014
Paper: CSIR-NET December 2014 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions · Topic: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The products A and B in the following reaction sequence are: 
(a)
(b)
B = 
B = (c)
(d)
B = 
B = Answer
Answer: A ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
LDA/allyl bromide gives 2-allylcyclohexanone (A); Wacker oxidation converts the terminal alkene into the methyl ketone (B); NaOEt intramolecular aldol condensation gives the bicyclic enone (a).
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