Unraveling the Mechanism of the Singlet Oxygen Ene Reaction: Recent Computational and Experimental Approaches

• Published in: Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 16; no. 31; pp. 9414 - 9421
• Main Authors: Alberti, Mariza N., Orfanopoulos, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 16.08.2010; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Alkenes - chemistry; Chemistry; Computation; computational chemistry; Computer Simulation; cyclopropyl probes; Models, Chemical; Molecular Structure; Oxygen; Pollutants; reaction mechanisms; Singlet oxygen; Singlet Oxygen - chemistry; stereoselectivity

The mechanism of the singlet oxygen ene reaction has been a subject of renewed interest within the last few years. The main question being whether this reaction proceeds through a concerted mechanism or if it involves discrete intermediates. In general, the majority of experimental and computational...