Montero Campillo, María de la MercedCabaleiro Lago, Enrique ManuelRodríguez Otero, Jesús2021-08-182021-08-182007Montero­ Campillo, M.M.; Cabaleiro ­Lago, E.M.; Rodríguez ­Otero, J. On the Mechanism of Rhodium-Catalyzed [6+2] Cycloaddition of 2-Vinylcylobutanones and Alknenes, in Proceedings of the 11th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1–30 November 2007, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi:10.3390/ecsoc-11-013693-906980-19-7http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26833The 11th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry session Computational ChemistryThe intramolecular [6+2] cycloaddition mechanism of 2­vinylcyclobutanones and alkenes catalyzed by the [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 dimer has been studied using density functional theory, comparing this multistep process with the one­step reaction in absence of catalyst. This possible mechanism agrees with what was previously experimentally suggested. Calculations have also allowed to explain the selectivity of the reactioneng© 2007 The author(s). Published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Open Accessbook part10.3390/ecsoc-11-01369open access