Classify the following sigmatropic reaction, give the curved- arrow notation, and show that the stereochemistry is that expected for a thermal concerted reaction. (This reaction, discovered by Prof. I. A. Berson at Yale University, was the first example of this type of pericyclic reaction.)

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H- D H OAC 300 °C ΤΗ H -D OAc