Journal article
Unexpected dual orbital effects in radical addition reactions involving acyl, silyl and related radicals
CH Schiesser, H Matsubara, I Ritsner, U Wille
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2006
DOI: 10.1039/b515330a
Abstract
Molecular orbital calculations reveal that acyl and silyl radicals add to numerous types of pi-systems through simultaneous SOMO-LUMO and LUMO-HOMO interactions of the radical with the radicalophile respectively.