Electrocyclic reactions (2)

Organic chemistry: Electrocyclic reactions (a type of pericyclic reaction). Woodward-Hoffmann selection rules; conrotatory vs. disrotatory. Molecular orbital explanation for the selection rules, using Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory.

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(1) Electrocyclic ring-opening and ring-closing
(2) Woodward-Hoffmann selection rules; conrotatory vs. disrotatory
(3) Continued
(4) Continued. Molecular orbital explanation for the selection rules
(5) Continued
(6) Continued
(7) Continued

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Education

Tags:

• organic
• chemistry
• electrocyclic
• reactions
• mechanism
• pericyclic
• Woodward-Hoffmann
• selection
• rules
• conrotatory
• disrotatory
• Frontier
• Molecular
• Orbital
• Theory
• pi

[drrichand1]

i don't think this is going to be on the mcat

[ravellacnu]

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[zoezooz]

but isn;t 4N a Huckel number, referring to an antiaromatic compound

[MsGrammarnazi]

I meant the number of pi electrons, not double bonds.

[MsGrammarnazi]

Can't you just say if the number of double bonds is even, you have the "thermal con" situation?

[drarhiii]

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