Mechanism of electrocyclic ring-opening of diphenyloxirane: 40 Years after Woodward and Hoffmann

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  • Jana Friedrichs
  • Irmgard Frank

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)10825-10829
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftChemistry - A European Journal
Jahrgang15
Ausgabenummer41
Frühes Online-Datum13 Okt. 2009
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Okt. 2009

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The photochemistry of diphenyloxirane has been investigated by using static density functional theory and first-principles molecular dynamics. We optimised potential-energy surfaces for both the disrotatory and the conrotatory pathway in the first excited state. Although the disrotatory pathway does not seem to be favoured en ergetically, we get only the disrotatory product during the molecular dynamics simulations. This can be attributed to the "on-the-fly" description of the electronic structure in a first-principles molecular dynamics simulation. The different photochemical behaviour of aryl oxiranes and unsubstituted oxirane is due to different shapes of the frontier orbitais.

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Mechanism of electrocyclic ring-opening of diphenyloxirane: 40 Years after Woodward and Hoffmann. / Friedrichs, Jana; Frank, Irmgard.
in: Chemistry - A European Journal, Jahrgang 15, Nr. 41, 19.10.2009, S. 10825-10829.

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Friedrichs J, Frank I. Mechanism of electrocyclic ring-opening of diphenyloxirane: 40 Years after Woodward and Hoffmann. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2009 Okt 19;15(41):10825-10829. Epub 2009 Okt 13. doi: 10.1002/chem.200901152
Friedrichs, Jana ; Frank, Irmgard. / Mechanism of electrocyclic ring-opening of diphenyloxirane : 40 Years after Woodward and Hoffmann. in: Chemistry - A European Journal. 2009 ; Jahrgang 15, Nr. 41. S. 10825-10829.
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