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The recently proposed topological similarity index was applied to the elucidation of the interesting phenomenon of pericyclic reactivity, the so-called torquoselectivity. It has been shown that the similarity approach is indeed able to provide a simple and consistent explanation of this phenomenon even in nontrivial cases of counter-intuitive contrasteric control.
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Ponec, R., Yuzhakov, G. & Pecka, J. Similarity approach to chemical reactivity. Torquoselectivity in pericyclic reactions. J Math Chem 20, 301–310 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01165350
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