Pericyclic reactions involve the almost simultaneous reorganization of bonding electron pairs through a cyclic transition state that enables products to be formed directly without the formation of an intermediate. In this series, we feature the following pericyclic reactions:
Other named reactions of the pericyclic reactions include:
- Carroll rearrangement
- Claisen rearrangement
- Cope rearrangement
- Cornforth rearrangement
- Meisenheimer rearrangement
- Oxy-Cope rearrangement
- Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement
- Wittig rearrangement
A photochemical reaction occurs when a chemical absorbs energy in the form of light and is transformed into another product. A common example of a photochemical process is plant photosynthesis. Featured in this series are:
Other named photochemical reactions are:
- Bergman cycloaromatization
- Curtius rearrangement
- DeMayo cycloaddition
- Fries rearrangement
- Wolff rearrangement
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