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Aromaticity and Pericyclic Reactions
Author(s) -
Dewar Michael J. S.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197107611
Subject(s) - pericyclic reaction , antiaromaticity , aromaticity , chemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule
Pericyclic reactions formally resemble the conversion of one Kekulé structure into another; the transition state may be “aromatic”, “nonaromatic”, or “antiaromatic”. Thermally induced pericyclic reactions proceed preferentially via aromatic transition states whereas their photochemical counterparts lead to products that are formed via antiaromatic transition states.