Beyond the Woodward-Hoffman Rules: What Controls Reactivity in Eliminative Aromatic Ring-Forming Reactions?

• Published in: Australian journal of chemistry Vol. 71; no. 4; p. 249
• Main Authors: Wonanke, A. D. Dinga, Crittenden, Deborah L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018

The Mallory (photocyclization) and Scholl (thermal cyclohydrogenation) reactions are widely used in the synthesis of extended conjugated π systems of high scientific interest and technological importance, including molecular wires, semiconducting polymers, and nanographenes. While simple electrocycl...