Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Diels-Alder reaction:
A
[4+2]
cycloaddition reaction
in which a carbon-carbon
pi bond
(the
dienophile
) reacts with a
conjugated
1,3-
diene
to form a six-membered ring, via a
concerted mechanism
.
Diene
Dienophile
Related terms:
Name reaction
,
[2+2]
,
[3+2]
,
[4+3]
,
Woodward-Hoffmann rules
,
pericyclic reaction
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