Ab initio calculations on the electrocyclic transformation of the cyclopropyl radical to the allyl radical
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 10,p. 334-335
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39730000334
Abstract
Ab initio calculations indicate that the ring-opening of the cyclopropyl radical is formally forbidden in both the conrotatory and disrotatory modes, but that if distortion of the molecule occurs a near-disrotatory reaction would be preferred.Keywords
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