The Diels-Alder Reaction
Today we’ll introduce a reaction I consider to be the most useful and powerful reaction in all of organic chemistry: the Diels-Alder reaction. But don’t take
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Cyclic Dienes and Dienophiles in the Diels-Alder Reaction
Last post in this series we introduced the Diels-Alder reaction. We saw that no matter how complex the diene or dienophile, or no matter what
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The Little Known Fact About Cyclopentadiene THEY Don’t Want You To Know About Let’s talk about cyclopentadiene, a commonly used diene for Diels-Alder reactions that,
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