{"title":"Mechanisms of Thermal Isomerization of ortho-, meta-, and para-Difluorobenzene Isomers","authors":"O. B. Tomilin, L. V. Fomina, E. V. Rodionova","doi":"10.1134/S1070428025601980","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The mechanism of the thermal isomerization reactions of <i>ortho</i>-, <i>meta</i>-, and <i>para</i>-difluorobenzenes was established by DFT/B3LYP/6-31G (d) calculations. It was shown the rate-limiting step of these processes involve the dearomatization of difluorobenzenes to form benzvalene intermediates.</p>","PeriodicalId":766,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"61 8","pages":"1408 - 1411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1070428025601980","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The mechanism of the thermal isomerization reactions of ortho-, meta-, and para-difluorobenzenes was established by DFT/B3LYP/6-31G (d) calculations. It was shown the rate-limiting step of these processes involve the dearomatization of difluorobenzenes to form benzvalene intermediates.
期刊介绍:
Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry is an international peer reviewed journal that covers all aspects of modern organic chemistry including organic synthesis, theoretical organic chemistry, structure and mechanism, and the application of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis.