On the long-standing question of an ET or polar mechanism for the cycloaddition of tetracyanoethylene with electron rich alkenes

Abstract
An ET mechanism is decisively excluded for the zwitterionic cycloaddition of tetracyanoethylene and bis(4-methoxycinnamyl) ether. A polar mechanism for this and analogous zwitterionic cycloadditions is therefore strongly indicated.

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