Section B reviews annual developments in organic and bioorganic chemical research
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Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem., 2009, 105, 285 - 309, DOI: 10.1039/b822065b
Reaction mechanisms
Part (ii) Pericyclic reactions
Dean J. Tantillo and Jeehiun K. Lee
This report surveys the 2008 literature on mechanisms of pericyclic reactions. A recurring theme in this year
s reports is again catalysis. Several studies addressed the acceleration of pericyclic reactions by electron transfer, protonation, encapsulation-induced preorganization and selective transition state stabilization via hydrogen bonding or Lewis acid complexation. In addition, the mechanisms of a variety of pericyclic reactions leading to interesting polycycles were examined in detail, and several cases of theoretical predictions being verified experimentally were described.
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