Professor M. S. Wadia
Chemistry
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Pericyclic Reactions Lecture-VIII
Pericyclic is the name for the family of concerted reactions involving no charged intermediates with a single cyclic transition state. The word pericyclic comes from how the electrons flow round the outside of the ring. Electrocyclic reactions cycloadditions and sigmatropic rearrangements are the three main types.
Professor M. S. Wadia
Emiritus Professor, SPPU and INSA Best Teacher Awardee