Electrocyclic reactions : from fundamentals to research

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Electrocyclic reactions : from fundamentals to research

Farzana Latif Ansari, Rumana Qureshi, Masood Latif Qureshi

Wiley-VCH, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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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