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Charge-Transfer Cycloaddition of Homobenzvalene with Tetracyanoethylene
Kim, Eunkyoung,Christl, Manfred,Kochi, Jay K.
, p. 1209 - 1218 (2007/10/02)
The transient yellow colour observed in the cycloaddition of homobenzvalene (HB) with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) is associated with the charge-transfer complex .The deliberate photoexcitation of affords a mixture of charge-transfer cycloadducts (1, 2, and 3) that differs from that obtained in thermal cycloaddition.The relationship of radical ion-pair (as the critical reactive intermediate in charge-transfer cycloaddition) to the activation process for thermal cycloaddition is discussed.
