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Results obtained in studying the structure of olefin and diene molecules, and complexes of these, in the ground and lower excited states by RHF, ROHF, GVB/DN, and 6-31G* quantum-chemical methods are presented. Attention is paid to the identity of the main structural and electronic parameters of triplet T 1 and singlet S 1 states forming a reactive fourfold spin-degenerate diradical equilibrium excited state (S·T)1 having the lowest energy. A new mechanism of cyclodimerization of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene and anionic polymerization of dienes, involving the (S·T)1 states, is suggested.
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Kalnin'sh, K.K., Semenov, S.G. Quantum-Chemical Analysis of Electronic Excitation and Reactivity of Olefins and Dienes. Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry 76, 1543–1558 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RJAC.0000015711.78713.b5
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