Saturday, March 15, 2008

A good problem of organic chemistry


Q.As you know, Diels-Alder reactions are orbital-controlled reactions that take place via the overlap of the orbitals of the two reacting molecules. Please answer the following questions about the D-A reaction between 1,3-cyclohexadiene and acrylonitrile.

a. Which molecule is the electron donor in this Diels-Alder reaction?
b.
Which of the two products shown is the correct one

Ans a. 1,3-cyclohexadiene b:- A(endo)


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