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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
The dubbed anti-Woodward-Hoffmann ring-opening reaction of cis-bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-7-ene to yield cis,cis-cycloocta-1,3-diene has been intensively studied with robust, high-level computational methods. This reaction has been found to proceed through a conrotatory allowed pathway to afford cis,trans-cycloocta-1,3-diene followed by E to Z isomerization, instead of a disrotatory forbidden pathway, as suggested. Computational calculations of kinetic isotope effects are consistent with this interpretation and the experimental values. The study of lower bicyclic homologues with [3.2.0], [2.2.0] and [2.1.0] skeletons indicates the feasibility of a mechanistic change towards the anti-Woodward-Hoffmann disrotatory path. This is clearly favored for the ring opening of the highly strained cis-bicyclo[2.1.0]pent-2-ene and is highly competitive with the conrotatory path for cis-bicyclo[2.2.0]hex-2-ene. Therefore, the rearrangement of the smallest bicyclic cyclobutene is predicted computationally to be an anti-Woodward-Hoffmann disrotatory electrocyclic ring-opening reaction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0947-6539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5009-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-4
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrocyclic ring opening of cis-bicyclo[m.n.0]alkenes: the anti-Woodward-Hoffmann quest.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Galicia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article