Visualizing Curly Arrow Electron Movement (IMAGE)

ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Visualizing Curly Arrow Electron Movement

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The Diels-Alder reaction is important in the synthesis of all sorts of pharmaceuticals, including vitamin D. But how does it work? UNSW researchers show that it involves the splitting of electron pairs.

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T. Schmidt

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