A focus on substituents effect in the force-promoted disrotatory ring-opening of cis-cyclobutenes

• DOI: 10.1039/d5sc90082d
• Publication Date: 2025-04-15T15:03:01Z
• Authors: Lei Chen; Guillaume De Bo

Bowser et al. have shown that substituents stabilising the diradical character of the symmetry-forbidden disrotatory pathway accelerate the mechanochemical ring-opening of cis-cyclobutenes (Chem Sci., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC00253B).