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Scheme 1.
$BK\Js$G$O!"1) $B$N8wFsNL2=$K$h$k(Banti-3,6-ht-[4+4]$BIU2C4D2=(B[7]$B$N860x!"5Z$S(B1$B$H%"%/%j%k;@%(%9%F%k(B (2) $BEy$H$N0l=E9`(B (S) $B$*$h$S;0=E9`(B (T) $BH?1~$NNe5/2, 8]$B$N860x$r!"(BPM5$BK!$H(BUCIS/6-31+G(d)//PM5$B!J(BPM5$BK!$G$N:GE,9=B$$rMQ$$!"(B6-31+G(d)$B$N4pDl4X?t$GHs@)8BNe5/G[CV(B (USIS)$B!KK!$rMQ$$$FA+0\>uBV!J(BTS$B!K$N2r@O$r9T$$!"DjNLE*$*$h$SN)BN2=3XE*$KM}2r$5$l$?$3$H$r=R$Y$k!#B($A(B2000$BG/$K$O(BFMO$BK!$G$NDj@-E*8+2r$r=R$Y$?$,(B[2]$B!":#2s$OL$2r7h$NLdBj$H(BMO$BK!$G$NH?1~A*Br@-2r@O$K$D$$$F=R$Y$k!#(B
2 $B7W;;
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Figure 1. Energy levels and coefficients of FMO in the ground state (1g) and excited singlet state (1s) of 2-pyridone (1) by PM5 level
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Figure 2. Photodimerization process of singlet 2-pyridone(1s)
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$B$J$*!"(BTable 1$B$N!"Nc$($P(BTS2$B$N(B -12.9kcal/mol$B$O(BFigure 3$B$N%S%i%8%+%k$+$i@8@.J*(B3$B$K;j$kJD4D%(%M%k%.!<%@%$%d%0%i%`$+$i!"$^$?(BTS3$B$N(B -15.5kcal/mol$B$O(BFigure 4$B$N%S%i%8%+%k2rN%%W%m%;%9$+$iF@$i$l$?!#(BFigure 3$B$NNe5/>uBV%S%i%8%+%k!J(BSBira$B!'(BD$B!K$N>C8w$r7P$F!"(BFigure 4$B$N(Banti$B7?%S%i%8%+%k!J:G0BDj%S%i%8%+%k!'(BE$B!K$,F@$i$l$k!#(BTable 1$B$N(BDE2$B$H(BDE3$BCM$O8e

Figure 3. First transition state(TS1:C) and excimer(B) information for anti- 3,6'-ht [4+4]-photodimer(3).
Table 1. Transition stete energies( TS1, TS2, TS3 ) for some photodimerization of singlet 2-pyridone(1s) by PM5
| Addition selectivity | (kcal/mol) |
| 3,3'-hh | 3,6'-ht | 6,3'-ht | 6,6'-hh |
| syn | anti | syn | anti*1 | syn | anti*1 | anti |
| TS1 | -*2 | 26.0 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 26.1 |
| TS2 | - | -5.5 | -13.4 | -12.9 | -13.3 | -12.9 | -5.3 |
| DE2 | - | 13.4 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 9.2 | -19.7 |
| TS3 | - | -17.9 | -16.1 | -15.5 | -16.1 | -15.5 | -17.9 |
| DE3 | - | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
*1 Experimental product: anti-3,6-ht-dimer. *2 TS data was not obtained.

Figure 4. Back-reaction process from the biradical intermediate(gBira: A) in the photodimerization of 1
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Table 2. First transition state energy (HOF:TS1) by PMS and the UCIS/6-31+G(d)/PM5 for photodimerization of 2-pyridone( 1s )
| Calculation method | 3,3'-hh | 3,6'-ht |
| anti | sysn | anti |
| PM5 (HOF, kcal/mol) | 26.0 | 19.3 | 17.5 |
| UCIS//PM5(a.u.) | -642.89132 | -642.91047 | -642.8974 |
| DE relative( kcal/mol ) | 12.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 |
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Figure 5. Energy levels and coefficients of FMO of 1s with 2
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Figure 6. Photoaddition process and energy diagram of 1s with 2
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Figure 7. First transition state(TS1: C) information for endo-3,4-ht-[2+2] adduct(4) from 1 with 2
Table 3. Transition state and biradical intermediate energies in the 3,4-[2+2]cycloadditions between singlet 1(1s) and 2 by PM5
| Run | Reaction | Exp. | HOF by PM5 (kcal/mol) |
| selectivity | adduct, % | TS1 | 1Bira | gBira | TS2 | DE2 | (gBira) | TS3 | DE3 | adduct |
| 1 | hh endo | | -25.3 | -53.2 | | concerted | reaction | | | -113.9 |
| 2 | exo | | -24.5 | -52.2 | | concerted | reaction | | | -114.2 |
| 3 | ht endo | 4, 38 | -36.8 | -43.5 | -76.2 | -74.2 | 2.0 | (-77.9) | -68.5 | 9.4 | -114.7 |
| 4 | exo | | - | -48.0 | -76.7 | -73.3 | 13.0 | (-78.7) | -68.6 | 10.1 | - |
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Table 4. Transition state and biradical intermediate energies in the 5,6-[2+2]cycloadditions between singlet 1(1s) and 2 by PM5
| Run | Recation | Exp. | HOF by PM5 (kcal/mol) |
| selectivity | adduct,% | TS1 | 1Bira | gBira | TS2 | DE2 | (gBira) | TS3 | DE3 | adduct |
| 1 | hh end | 6, 4 | -21.5 | -34.6 | | concerted | reaction | | | -110.4 |
| 2 | exo | | -24.1 | -36.0 | | concerted | reaction | | | -114.2 |
| 3 | ht endo | | -15.2 | -44.4 | -71.5 | -71.0 | 0.5 | (-74.1) | -68.8 | 5.3 | -110.2 |
| 4 | exo | | - | -42.3 | -71.6 | -7.15 | 0.1 | (-74.1) | -70.3 | 3.8 | -111.1 |
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Table 5. Solvent-effect reslt for TS1 energies of the 5,6-[2+2]cycloadditions by COSMO method
| HOF of TS1 | (kcal/mol) |
| selectivity | Vacuum | MeCN | H2O |
| hh-endo(6) | -21.5 | -66.8(6)* | -70.8 |
| ht-exo | -24.1 | -67.5 | -69.3 |
* Experimental result
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Table 6. First transition state energy (TS1) by UCIS/6-31+G(d)/PM5 for photocycloadditions of 1s with 2
| Photoaddition | regio- and stereoselectivity |
| site | | method | hh | ht |
| endo | exo | endo | exo |
| 3,4-add. | | | | 4(38%)* | |
| PM5(kcal/mol) | -25.3 | -24.5 | -35.0 | - |
| UCIS/PM5( a.u ) | -626.02341 | -626.02376 | -626.08169 | - |
| DE(kcal/mol) | 36.6 | 20.5 | 0.0 | |
| 5,6-add. | 6(4%)* | | | |
| PM5(kcal/mol) | -21.5 | -24.5 | -15.2 | - |
| UCIS/PM5( a.u ) | -626.04253 | -626.04365 | -626.08194 | - |
| DE(kcal/mol) | 24.6 | 24.0 | 0.0 | |
* Experimental result (yield).
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Figure 8. Energy diagram for azocinone(5) formation from 1s with 2
Table 7. Ttansition state and biradical intermediate energies for the azocinone(5) formation from 1s with 2
| Exp. | HOF by PM5 (kcal/mol) |
| adduct, % | TS1 | 1Bira | gBira | TS2 | TS3 | TS4 | DE4 | 15 | g5 | |
| 5.4 | -14.1 | -46.2 | -76.7 | -63.5 | - | -36.7 | 9.5 | -43.9 | -99.4 | ( 4% ) |
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Figure 9. Reaction process for azocinone 5 from excited biradical 1Bira
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Scheme 4.
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Figure 10. Energy levels and coefficients of FMO of 1t with 2
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Figure 11. Photoaddition process and energy diagram of 1t with 2

Figure 12. First transition state(TS1: B) information for exo-5,6-hh-[2+2] adduct(7) from triplet 1 with 2
Table 8. Transition state energies ( TS1, TS2, TS3 ) for 5,6-cycloadditions(7) of triplet 1t with 2
| Run | Reactiion | Exp. | HOF by PM5 (kcal/mol) |
| selectivity | adductt, % | TS1*1 | 3Bira | 1Bira | TS2 | DE2 | TS3 | DE3 | adduct |
| 1 | hh endo | | -41.7 | -71.0 | -72.1 | -67.4 | 4.7 | -66.1 | 6.0 | -110.4 |
| 2 | exo | 7,23 | -42.2 | -70.5 | -71.1 | -68.4 | 2.7 | -65.1 | 6.0 | -111.3 |
| 3 | ht endo | | -38.1 | -72.3 | -74.0 | -71.4 | 2.6 | -68.8 | 5.2 | -111.4 |
| 4 | exo | | -38.5 | -72.9 | -74.0 | -71.5 | 2.5 | -68.9 | 5.1 | -111.1 |
*1 HOF ( 1t+2 ) is -52.1 kcal/mol. DE1 can be calculated using each HOF of TS1.
Table 9. Transition state wnergies ( TS1, TS2, TS3 ) for 5,6-cycloadditions(8) of triplet 1t with 2
| Run | Reactiion | Exp. | HOF by PM5 (kcal/mol) |
| selectivity | adductt, % | TS1*1 | 3Bira | 1Bira | TS2 | DE2 | TS3 | DE3 | adduct |
| 1 | hh endo | | -39.7 | -67.7 | -67.7 | -65.9 | 1.8 | -64.1 | 3.6 | -109.9 |
| 2 | exo | | -39.2 | -69.1 | -70.1 | -66.6 | 3.5 | -65.9 | 4.2 | -113.9 |
| 3 | ht end | | -43.8 | -78.2 | -79.3 | -74.2 | 5.1 | -69.4 | 9.9 | -114.7 |
| 4 | exo | 8, 10 | -43.9 | -78.3 | -78.6 | -75.0 | 3.6 | -70.9 | 7.7 | -113.9 |
*1 HOF ( 1t+2 ) is -52.1 kcal/mol. DE1 can be calculated using each HOF of TS1.
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Table 10. First transition state energy (TS1) by UCIS/6-31+G(d /PM5 for photocycloadditions of 1t with 2
| Photoaddition | regio- and stereoselectivity |
| site | | method | hh | ht |
| endo | exo | endo | exo |
| 3,4-add. | | | | 8( 10% )* |
| PM5(kcal/mol) | -39.7 | -39.2 | -43.8 | -43.9 |
| UCIS/PM5( a.u ) | -626.00205 | -626.00597 | -626.00967 | -626.00443 |
| DE(kcal/mol) | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 5,6-add. | | 7( 23% )* | | |
| PM5(kcal/mol) | -41.7 | -42.2 | -38.1 | -38.5 |
| UCIS/PM5( a.u ) | -626.02589 | -626.02963 | -625.99274 | -625.99728 |
| DE(kcal/mol) | 2.3 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 20.3 |
* Experimental result (yield).
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