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Electrocyclic reactions are reversible reactions. They involve an intramolecular cyclization or ring-opening of a conjugated polyene. Shown below are two examples of electrocyclic reactions. In the first reaction, the formation of the cyclic product is favored. In contrast, in the second reaction, ring-opening is favored due to the high ring strain associated with cyclobutene formation.

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Electrocyclic reactions are highly stereospecific. For a substituted polyene, the stereochemical outcome depends on the configuration of the reactant and the condition of the reaction, such as thermal or photochemical.

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The stereochemistry of the product can be predicted from the symmetry of the frontier orbitals of the reactant; more specifically, the HOMO.

Under thermal conditions, the reactant’s ground state HOMO is symmetric, and the outermost p orbitals rotate in opposite directions, called disrotatory motion. In contrast, under photochemical conditions, the reactant’s excited state HOMO is asymmetric, and the outermost p orbitals rotate in the same direction, called conrotatory motion.

So, under thermal conditions, a 6 π electron system has a symmetric ground state HOMO, which undergoes a disrotatory motion to give a cis product. However, under photochemical conditions, a 6 π electron system has an asymmetric excited-state HOMO that undergoes a conrotatory motion to form a trans product.

Interestingly, the 4 π electron system has an asymmetric ground-state HOMO under thermal conditions, which undergoes a conrotatory motion to give a trans product. In contrast, the disrotatory motion of the symmetric excited-state HOMO of the 4 π system results in a cis product under photochemical conditions.

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Electrocyclic ReactionsThermal ConditionsPhotochemical ConditionsDisrotatory MotionConrotatory MotionFrontier OrbitalsHOMO6 Electron System4 Electron SystemRing openingRing FormationStereochemistryStereoselectivity

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