Preferred Label : conservation of orbital symmetry;
IUPAC definition : The orbital symmetry control of concerted reactions; this requires transformation
of the molecular orbitals of reactants into those of products to proceed continuously
by following a reaction path 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.;
Origin ID : CT07012;
See also
The orbital symmetry control of concerted reactions; this requires transformation
of the molecular orbitals of reactants into those of products to proceed continuously
by following a reaction path 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.
