ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A method is described in which the ‘allowed’ course of a reaction is determined by means of an analysis - within the symmetry point group common to reactants and products - of their molecular orbitals and of the distortions that occur along the reaction path connecting them. The procedure, and its relation to and advantages over conventional correlation methods, is illustrated with a few very well known reactions: Cyclization of hexatriene, the ‘photochemical Diels-Alder reaction’ and the stepwise and concerted [2+2]-cycloadditions.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19750580726