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Organic chemistry

rules predicting whether pericyclic reactions occur and with what stereochemistry, based on the symmetry of the molecular orbitals involved.

In organic chemistry, Woodward-Hoffmann rules refers to rules predicting whether pericyclic reactions occur and with what stereochemistry, based on the symmetry of the molecular orbitals involved. This meaning comes from Woodward (1965) in Journal of the American Chemical Society.[1]

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  1. Woodward, R. B., & Hoffmann, R. (1965). Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 87(2), 395-397. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01080a054

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