The role of methoxy group in the Nazarov cyclization of 1,5-bis-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-pentadien-3-one in the gas-phase and condensed phase by June Cyriac, Justin Paulose, M. George, Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala, India-682013., M. Ramesh, R. Srinivas, National center for Mass Spectrometry, IICT, Hyderabad, India. Daryl Giblin and Michael L. Gross, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St.Louis, St.Louis, USA, MO 63130.