Write the frontier molecular orbital analysis for a [3,3]-sigmatropic shift in the analogous fashion as presented in the chapter except that you are using a geometry that would lead to a boatlike conformation for the transition state. As a hint, you should find that the reaction is allowed. However, why would this geometry be less favorable?

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Write the frontier molecular orbital analysis for a [3,3]-sigmatropic shift in the
analogous fashion as presented in the chapter except that you are using a geometry
that would lead to a boatlike conformation for the transition state. As a hint, you
should find that the reaction is allowed. However, why would this geometry be less favorable?

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Chair conformation is more stable than the boat conformation. Boat conformation is less stable therefore the geometry is not favourable.

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