Abstract
The electronic rearrangement featuring the photochemically-induced 1,3-cis-butadiene is discussed within a bonding evolution theory (BET) perspective based on the topological analysis of the electron localization function and Thom's catastrophe theory. The process involves the vertical singlet-singlet excitation S0→S2, and the subsequent deactivation implying the S2/S1 and S1/S0 conical intersection regions. BET results reveal that the new CC bond is finally formed on the S0 surface, as also recently found in the photochemical addition of two ethylenes [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 20598, (2021)].
Original language | English |
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Article number | e202200217 |
Journal | ChemPhysChem |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2022 |
Keywords
- 1,3-cis butadiene
- bonding evolution theory
- electron localization function
- Lewis-like representation.
- photoinduced ring-closure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry