[Advanced] Secondary Orbital Interactions - A Rationale For Why Endo Products Are Favored In The Diels-Alder Reaction In our last post, we noted that endo products tend to be favored over exo products in the Diels-Alder reaction. [We also introduced a quick-and-dirty rule for telling the … [Read more...]
Reactions of Dienes: 1,2 and 1,4 Addition
In today's post we'll discuss 1,2- and 1,4- addition to dienes - specifically, the addition of strong acid such as HBr. Here's the summary of the key points. Addition To Alkenes, Revisited Waaay back in the day we talked about addition reactions of alkenes. Remember Markovnikov's rule in the … [Read more...]