Question: cant seem to get this right. please help The poison gelsemoxonine can be isolated from the leaves of a plant native to southeastern Asia (Gelsemium

cant seem to get this right. please help
cant seem to get this right. please help The poison gelsemoxonine can
be isolated from the leaves of a plant native to southeastern Asia

The poison gelsemoxonine can be isolated from the leaves of a plant native to southeastern Asia (Gelsemium elegans). A key step in a synthesis of this natural product involves a thermally initiated (70C) sigmatropic rearrangement of the compound shown below (R=protecting group) (J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17634-17637). Draw the curved arrows for the mechanism of the formation of gelsemoxonine

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