| Abstract: | The qualitative analysis of the PE.-spectrum of 7-cyclopropylidene-norbornadiene ( 3 ) shows that the ‘through-space’ interaction of the e A-Walsh orbital with the antisymmetric linear combination \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {{\pi _ - = (\pi _a - \pi _b)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\pi _ - = (\pi _a - \pi _b)} {\sqrt 2}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\sqrt 2}} $\end{document} of the two π-orbitals in 3 is of the same order as the analogous interaction between π- and the π-orbital of the exocyclic double bond in 7-isopropylidene-norbornadiene ( 2 ). |
