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SUBMITTER: Zurek JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6272020 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zurek Justyna M JM Rae Robert L RL Paterson Martin J MJ Bebbington Magnus W P MW
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20140929 10
Detailed analysis of calculated data from an experimental/computational study of intramolecular furan Diels-Alder reactions has led to the unusual discovery that the mean contraction of the newly forming C-C σ-bonds from the transition state to the product shows a linear correlation with both reaction Gibbs free energies and reverse energy barriers. There is evidence for a similar correlation in other intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions involving non-aromatic dienes. No such correlation is foun ...[more]