Diels-Alder reaction of acenes with singlet and triplet oxygen -- theoretical study of two-state reactivity.
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).
Reddy
A Ravikumar
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Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Bendikov
Michael
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