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, by the way, comes up all the time on tests and exams. Like here: Gather around closely folks, because I'm going to tell you a … [Read more...]
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 substituents are attached, the pattern of bonds that form and break are always the same. In the Diels Alder reaction, these three things always occur: … [Read more...]