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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

(allyl phenyl ether) ? Product is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Allyl phenyl ether undergoes the Claisen rearrangement on heating: a concerted [3,3]-sigmatropic shift moves the allyl group from oxygen to the ortho carbon of the ring (with inversion of the allylic connectivity, i.e. the terminal alkene carbon bonds to the ring),

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