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The Berson‐Willcott Rearrangement of 11,11‐Dimethyltricyclo[4.4.1.0 1,6 ]undeca‐2,4,7,9‐tetraene and Its Radical Anion
Author(s) -
Gerson Fabian,
Huber Walter,
Müllen Klaus
Publication year - 1978
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.197802081
Subject(s) - valence (chemistry) , ion , molecule , chemistry , atomic orbital , physics , nuclear physics , electron , organic chemistry
The nature of the frontier orbitals of a molecule is of crucial importance for the description of its valence isomerizations. The effect of transforming the neutral molecule into the radical anion has been examined for (1) → (3) and the corresponding process (1) ⊖ → (3) ⊖ .