title: Diels-Alder reaction of acenes with singlet and triplet oxygen -- theoretical study of two-state reactivity.
abstract: An interesting change in mechanism (from concerted to biradical) is described for the reaction of acenes (benzene through pentacene) with molecular oxygen (either singlet oxygen, 1Deltag-O2, or triplet oxygen, 3Sigmag-O2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A Ravikumar
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bendikov