1) What are pericyclic reactions?

2) With the help of schematic diagrams explain contatory and distatory mode of ring
opening electrocyclic reaction.

3) Give the definition of electrocyclic reaction.

4) State the endo rule and explain it with the help of a suitable example.

5) What are cycloaddition reactions? With the help of Huckel Mobius method, predict
whether a suprafacial 2π + 2π cycloaddition reaction will take place thermally or
photochemically?

6) With the help of a schematic diagram, depict 4πa + 2πs cycloaddition reaction.

7) Draw the pi molecular orbitals of allyl carbocation, butadiene, hexatriene.Explain

why Ψ2 has lower energy than Ψ3 in hexatriene.

8) What are cycloaddition reactions? With the help of correlation diagram method,
predict whether a suprafacial 4π + 2π cycloaddition reaction will take place thermally
or photochemically?

9) With the help of FMO method predict whether the photochemical 1,5-sigmatropic
rearrangement of an alkyl group takes place with retention or inversion of
configuration.

10) With the help of correlation diagram method predict whether the thermal 1,3-
sigmatropic rearrangement of an alkyl group takes place with retention or inversion of
configuration.

11) What is sigmatropic rearrangement?

12) What are chelotropic reactions? With the help of schematic diagram show the
interaction of triplet carbene with ethylene. Does the reaction take place antarafacially
or suprafacially?

13) What is sigmatropic rearrangement? With the help of FMO method predict whether
the thermal 1,5-sigmatropic rearrangement of an alkyl group takes place with
retention or inversion of configuration.

14) Complete the following reactions

15) Classify the following pericyclic reactions: