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This course deals with the application of structure and theory to the study of organic reaction mechanisms: Stereochemical features including conformation and stereoelectronic effects; reaction dynamics, isotope effects and molecular orbital theory applied to pericyclic and photochemical reactions; and special reactive …
This course deals with the application of structure and theory to the study of organic reaction mechanisms: Stereochemical features including conformation and stereoelectronic effects; reaction dynamics, isotope effects and molecular orbital theory applied to pericyclic and photochemical reactions; and special reactive intermediates including carbenes, carbanions, and free radicals.
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![Enantiomeric molecules.](/courses/5-43-advanced-organic-chemistry-spring-2007/942a2e40f03f64ab3189562028f96cdf_5-43s07.jpg)
These two adamantane structures are enantiomers, or mirror images, of each other. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)