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BBAH paper #4

Bent Bonds and the Antiperiplanar Hypothesis and the Reactivity at the Anomeric Center in Pyranosides A solo contribution from the P. Deslongchamps group. The stereoselectivity of nucleophilic addition on oxocarbenium ions derived from the bicyclic […]

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BBAH paper #3

Bent Bonds and the Antiperiplanar Hypothesis – A Simple Model to Rationalize [1,3]-Sigmatropic Alkyl Shifts The bent bond/antiperiplanar (BBA) hypothesis has been applied to the analysis of [1,3]-sigmatropic alkyl shifts. These thermal rearrangements, for which […]

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BBAH paper #2

Bent Bonds and the Antiperiplanar Hypothesis as a Simple Model to Predict Diels-Alder Reactivity: Retrospective or Perspective? “Bent bonds paper #2” appears as Perspectives article in Tetrahedron and makes the cover: G.Deslongchamps, P. Deslongchamps, Bent Bonds and the Antiperiplanar Hypothesis as […]

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BBAH paper #1

Bent Bonds, the Antiperiplanar Hypothesis and the Theory of Resonance. A Simple Model to Understand Reactivity in Organic Chemistry The paper that started it all. By taking into consideration bent bonds (τ-bonds, tau-bonds), the antiperiplanar […]