Theoretical study of the mechanism of the cycloaddition of acetylene to α-pyrone: Asynchronism and substituent effects

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Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system

Samuel Francis Boys · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1950 · 1.3K citations

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Mechanistic Aspects of Diels‐Alder Reactions: A Critical Survey

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry +14

Origin of reactivity, regioselectivity, and periselectivity in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +9

The mechanism of the Diels-Alder reaction

R. B. Woodward, Thomas J. Katz · Tetrahedron · 1959 · 342 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics +4