Q17 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2016
Paper: CSIR NET December 2016 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Reagents, Reaction Mechanisms & Named Reactions · Topic: Named Reactions · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The most stable product formed in the following reaction is 
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Answer
Answer: A ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
AlCl₃ isomerises tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene through carbocation rearrangements to the thermodynamically most stable C₁₀H₁₆ isomer, adamantane (a) — Schleyer's synthesis.
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