A study on this subject in 2007 by Jeffrey Moore and co-workers showed 3 that applying mechanical stress to a molecule can induce such a violation of the Woodward–Hoffmann rules. Their ...

After graduating with a PhD in 1973, Peter went on to do postdoctoral work in aluminum cyclobutene sigma complexes with Hepke Hogeveen at the Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands. In 1974, ...