When the bicyclic starting material shown below (figure 2) is heated, a monocyclic intermediate is formed. Continued heating of this intermediate leads to the formation of a dihydronaphthalene, as indicated.
Give the structure of the intermediate that is formed and account for the two processes taking place in terms of the number of electrons involved and their motion within the compounds involved:
Figure 2
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