conservation of orbital symmetry

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The @O04320@ control of concerted reactions; this requires @T06446@ of the molecular orbitals of reactants into those of products to proceed continuously by following a @R05174@ along which the symmetry of these orbitals remains unchanged. Reactions which adhere to this requirement are classified as symmetry-allowed reactions, and those which do not as symmetry-forbidden reactions.
Source:
PAC, 1999, 71, 1919. (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1931 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'conservation of orbital symmetry' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.CT07012 RIS BibTex EndNote
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