The tension-activated carbon–carbon bond

The tension-activated carbon–carbon bond Sun, Yunyan; Kevlishvili, Ilia; Kouznetsova, Tatiana B; Burke, Zach P; Craig, Stephen L; Kulik, Heather J; Moore, Jeffrey S Mechanical force drives distinct chemical reactions; yet, its vectoral nature results in complicated coupling with reaction trajectories. Here, we utilize a physical organic model inspired by the classical Morse potential and its differential forms to identify effective force constant (k eff) and reaction energy (ΔE) as key molecular