Woodward–Hoffmann rules

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the reaction-mechanisms subtree

Orbital-symmetry conservation rules that determine which concerted pericyclic reactions (electrocyclic, cycloaddition, sigmatropic) are thermally vs. photochemically allowed. The sum of (4q+2)_s and (4r)_a components must be odd for a…

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