Department of Chemistry
IIT Madras, Chennai 600036
July-Nov. 2025
B. Tech. Course: CY1001
Tutorial 5
Electrocyclic Reactions
1. Write the products for the following transformations. Clearly mention the stereochemistry
of the products:
2. Show FMO (Frontier Molecular Orbital) interactions for all the possible modes in the
thermal reaction of compound A and predict the allowed process.
3. Write the structure of the products in the following reactions and indicate in which
reaction the ring opening will be faster and why?
4. Identify the product(s) / reagents / reaction conditions A-C in the following sequences of
the reaction