Substituent effect on the energy barrier for σ-bond formation from π-single-bonded species, singlet 2,2-dialkoxycyclopentane-1,3-diyls

• Jianhuai Ye,
• Yoshihisa Fujiwara and
• Manabu Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 925–933, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.106

• entropy effect were found to play crucial roles in increasing the lifetime. Keywords: laser flash photolysis; lifetime; singlet diradicals (biradicals); substituent effect; π-single bond; Introduction Localized singlet diradicals are key intermediates in processes involving the homolytic bond-cleavage