Schleyer hyperconjugative aromaticity and Diels–Alder reactivity of 5‐substituted cyclopentadienes

Schleyer's discovery of hyperconjugative aromaticity and antiaromaticity in 5‐substituted cyclopentadienes further expanded our understanding of the pervasive influence of aromaticity. Acceptors induce antiaromatic character by Schleyer's negative hyperconjugative aromaticity, and donors have the opposite effect. We computationally explored the Diels–Alder reactivity of 5‐substituted cyclopentadienes with ethylene and maleic anhydride. The predicted billionfold difference in the computed gas phase rate constants at room temperature for the Diels–Alder reactions of 5‐substituted cyclopentadienes with ethylene or maleic anhydride results from differences in the transition state distortion energies, which are directly related to the hyperconjugative aromaticity of these molecules. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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