The major product obtained in the given reaction is
(A)(see structure)
(B)(see structure)
(C)(see structure)
(D)(see structure)✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Heating the allyl aryl ether sets off a Claisen rearrangement, a [3,3]-sigmatropic shift that delivers the allyl group to the ring carbon ortho to the oxygen and regenerates the phenol. The freed double bond of that ortho-allyl phenol is then positioned to cyclise back onto the oxygen, closing a six-membered oxygen-containing ring fused to the benzene ring and giving the chromane-type product.
JEE Main · 2019 · 10 Apr 2019 · Shift 2 · Single correct option