A detailed study of the potential energy surfaces involved in the di-pi-methane rearrangement (singlet and triplet states) reveals the factors that modulate the mechanisms (pathways) and reactivity in strained di-pi-methane systems such as bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene (barrelene). [structure: see text]
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