Pericyclic Reactions and Photochemistry (GATE CY) — Study Resources &…
Pericyclic Reactions and Photochemistry: Electrocyclic, cycloaddition and sigmatropic reactions. Diels-Alder reaction, Claisen and Cope rearrangements and their applications in organic synthesis. FMO method of analysis. Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Photochemistry of alkenes, arenes and carbonyl compounds. Photo-oxidation and photo-reduction. Di-π-methane rearrangements, Norrish type-I and II reactions. Paternό-Büchi reaction, Photo-Curtius and Wolff rearrangements. Barton and Hofmann-Lӧffler-Freytag reactions.