Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173, USA.
Chem Rec. 2022 Nov;22(11):e202200196. doi: 10.1002/tcr.202200196. Epub 2022 Oct 26.
In 1965, R. B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann published five communications that formed the basis of the Principle of Conservation of Orbital Symmetry which explained mechanisms of all pericyclic reactions and predicted the allowedness and forbiddeness of such reactions, whether thermal or photochemical. A brief biographical discussion of Hoffmann up to May 1964 is explains why Hoffmann was the ideal individual to participate in the collaboration with Woodward. Why May 1964? Because it was then that the Woodward-Hoffmann collaboration began.
1965 年，R. B. 伍德沃德和罗尔德·霍夫曼发表了五篇通讯，这些通讯构成了轨道对称守恒原理的基础，该原理解释了所有周环反应的机制，并预测了这些反应的允许性和禁止性，无论是热反应还是光化学反应。对霍夫曼截至 1964 年 5 月的简要传记讨论解释了为什么霍夫曼是参与与伍德沃德合作的理想人选。为什么是 1964 年 5 月？因为正是在那时，伍德沃德-霍夫曼合作开始了。
