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Current Chemistry Letters

ISSN 1927-730x (Online) - ISSN 1927-7296 (Print)
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Volume 15 Issue 1 pp. 169-174 , 2026

Application of DFT models for the prediction of geometries and energies of the transition states in [4+2]-π -electron cycloadditions Pages 169-174 Right click to download the paper Download PDF

Authors: Adrianna Fałowska, Martyna Ząbkowska, Karol Sambora, Karolina Kula, Agnieszka Łapczuk, Radomir Jasiński

doi 10.5267/j.ccl.2025.10.001
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Keywords: Kinetics, Eyring parameters, Secondary kinetic isotope effects, DFT

Abstract: The usefulness of various quantum chemical algorithms (semiempirical, HF, DFT) for predicting the energy and geometry of transition states of polar pseudocyclic processes was analyzed using the example of a model cycloaddition process between (Z)-C,N-diphenylnitrone and (E)-2-phenyl-1-nitroethene. These studies clearly recommend the ωB97XD functional in 6-311+G(d) basis set as the relatively most precise tool for studying the mechanisms of polar pseudocyclic processes.

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Fałowska, A., Ząbkowska, M., Sambora, K., Kula, K., Łapczuk, A & Jasiński, R. (2026). Application of DFT models for the prediction of geometries and energies of the transition states in [4+2]-π -electron cycloadditions.Current Chemistry Letters, 15(1), 169-174.

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