HIGH DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY IN THE CYCLIZATION OF 1,5-BIRADICALS - WHAT CAUSES SUCH SIZABLE STERIC BARRIERS TO BIRADICAL COUPLING

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作者
WAGNER, PJ
PARK, BS
机构
[1] Chemistry Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0040-4039(91)80844-V
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The high diastereoselectivities observed in the photocyclization of alpha-(o-ethylphenyl)acetophenones appear to reflect conformational equilibria in the triplet 1,5-biradical intermediates rather than steric barriers created during cyclization. The necessary biradical triplet-->singlet intersystem crossing is proposed to occur along the cyclization reaction coordinate since the orthogonality of the two singly-occupied p orbitals does not depress biradical lifetimes.
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