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A Claim on the Development of the Frontier Orbital Explanation of Electrocyclic Reactions
Article first published online: 19 NOV 2004
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461440
Copyright © 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 43, Issue 48, pages 6586–6590, December 10, 2004
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How to Cite
Hoffmann, R. (2004), A Claim on the Development of the Frontier Orbital Explanation of Electrocyclic Reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43: 6586–6590. doi: 10.1002/anie.200461440
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 DEC 2004
- Article first published online: 19 NOV 2004
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Keywords:
- history of science;
- molecular orbitals;
- pericyclic reactions;
- reaction mechanisms;
- theoretical chemistry
The well-known Woodward–Hoffmann rules explain how the feasibility and stereochemical outcome of pericyclic reactions are governed by the symmetry properties of the molecular orbitals of the reactants and products. Triggered by a recent claim by E. J. Corey, Roald Hoffmann recalls the first steps in the development of this theory.