Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chemical theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs FMO theory
gptkbp:appliesTo organic chemistry
reaction mechanisms
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry_1981_(Kenichi_Fukui)
gptkbp:basisFor interaction of frontier orbitals
gptkbp:explains cycloaddition reactions
pericyclic reactions
chemical reactivity
regioselectivity
gptkbp:field chemistry
gptkbp:focusesOn HOMO
LUMO
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Woodward–Hoffmann_rules
gptkbp:influencedBy Molecular Orbital Theory
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Kenichi_Fukui
gptkbp:relatedTo chemical kinetics
electrophilicity
nucleophilicity
orbital symmetry
gptkbp:usedIn predicting reaction outcomes
understanding selectivity
gptkbp:yearProposed 1952
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Woodward–Hoffmann_rules
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5