Interpretation:
It should be explained that why compound A will not undergo a ring – opening reaction under thermal conditions, but compound B will.
Concept introduction:
Conjugated system: A system of connected p-orbitals with delocalized electrons with alternating single and multiple bonds and the compound may be cyclic, linear or mixed
Woodward –Hoffmann rules are the set of rules used to vindicate or predict certain aspects of the stereo chemical outcome and activation energy of pericyclic reactions.
Woodward – Hoffmann rules for pericyclic reactions are listed below
Woodward – Hoffmann rules for the configuration of pericyclic reactions are,
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