Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Pericyclic reaction:
A
concerted reaction
with a
cyclic
transition state
.
This
Diels-Alder
[4+2]
cycloaddition reaction
is a pericyclic reaction.
This
Cope rearrangement
of
1,4-diene
is
sigmatropic reaction
, which is a type of pericyclic reaction.
Related terms:
Woodward-Hoffmann rules
,
antarafacial
,
suprafacial
,
oxyCope rearrangement
,
Claisen rearrangement
,
[1,3]-H shift
,
[1,5]-H shift
,
[3,3] shift
,
substitution reaction
,
elimination reaction
,
addition reaction
,
oxidation reaction
,
reduction reaction
,
periplanar
,
arrows
,
reaction mechanism
,
Ph
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