Pericyclic Reactions

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume II


1 Operational Criteria for Evaluation of Concertedness in Potential Pericyclic Reactions

I. Introduction

II. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Criteria for Concertedness in Potential Pericyclic Reactions

III. Applications of Stereochemical Probes to Elucidation of Reaction Pathways in Possible Concerted Reactions

IV. Applications of Labeling Experiments to the Elucidation of Pericyclic Reaction Pathways

V. Miscellaneous Methods

VI. Conclusions

References


2 The Möbius-Hückel Treatment of Organic Systems and Reactions and MO Following as a Technique in Organic Chemistry

I. Introduction

II. The Frost Mnemonic Device. Hückel MO Energies

III. Principles of the Methods

IV. The Mobius-Huckel Method

V. MO Following

VI. Near Crossings; Minimization of Forbiddenness

VII. Conclusion

References


3 Some Pericyclic Reactions of Carbenes

I. Introduction: Scope

II. Theory of Additions, Insertions, and 1,2-Rearrangements of Singlet Carbenes

III. Interconversion of Vinylcarbenes and Cyclopropenes

IV. Carbene-Carbene Rearrangements

V. Interconversion of Oxirenes and 1H-Azirines and Their Isomeric Acyclic Carbenes

VI. Intramolecular Reactions of Cyclopropylidenes

References


4 Pericyclic Reactions of Carbanions

I. Introduction

II. Rotational Barriers in Carbanions

III. Electrocyclic Reactions

IV. Sigmatropic Reactions

V. Cycloaddition and Cycloreversion Reactions

VI. Photochemical Rearrangements

References

Author Index

Subject Index