Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5275981 Tetrahedron Letters 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Two cyclopentadienones were generated and both underwent conrotatory electrocyclization as expected based on Woodward–Hoffmann rules. This result lends support to the idea that these ring-closing reactions are, in fact, pericyclic processes.

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