Electrocyclic reactions : from fundamentals to research
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Electrocyclic reactions : from fundamentals to research
Wiley-VCH, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text on the fundamentals to research on electrocyclic reactions includes topics on: pericyclic reactions; electrocyclic transformations; orbital symmetry conservation; frontier orbitals approach; and M/bius-Hnckel approach.
Table of Contents
- Pericyclic reactions: general features
- classification
- analysis
- significance. Electrocyclic transformations: mechanism
- thermal electrocyclizations
- photochemical electrocyclizations
- electrocyclizations of radicals and radical ions
- metal catalysis. Orbital symmetry conservation: basic concepts
- applications
- limitations. Frontier orbitals approach
- basic concepts
- applications
- generalized selection rules. M/bius-Hnckel approach: basic concepts
- applications
- summary. Theoretical and computational approach: study of reaction paths
- stereoselectivity in electrocyclic reactions. Appendix A Molecular orbital theory: basic concepts of quantum mechanics
- difference between MO and VB theories
- mathematical formulation of MO theory
- Hnckel molecular orbital method. Appendix B Symmetry classification of molecules: symmetry elements
- point groups.
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