Paddon-Row, MichaelSherburn, Michael2015-12-101359-7345http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60670G4(MP2) calculations on Diels-Alder reactions of [3]- and [4]dendralene have revealed that reactant dendralene conformer populations and closed-shell singlet bis-pericyclic transition states explain their different reactivities.Keywords: aliphatic hydrocarbon; alkene derivative; dendralene; unclassified drug; article; conformational transition; Diels Alder reaction201210.1039/c1cc15455a2016-02-24