This little snippet of a reaction was taken from an old exam for the course that I am studying for right now. It involves a diels alder reaction between a cyclopentadiene and Maleic anhydride. Here the diene is the cyclopentadiene (this molecule goes through diels alder reactions with itself so it is necessary to heat it above 160*C to reverse the reaction) and the dienophile as the Maleic anhydride. This is the first step where the reaction goes as a 4π+2π endo reaction as a pericyclic reaction. Then the second step will remove the diester as it also reduces the C=O into alcohols. Then the final step involves turning the alkene into a 1,2-diiodine when the alkene gets halogenated, and then intramolecularly the alcohol attaches to the other point of halogenation.
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- 12/16/11 - Cyclopentadiene and Maleic anhydride
12/16/11 - Cyclopentadiene and Maleic anhydride
- Friday, December 16, 2011
- Posted in chemistry, cyclopentadiene, Diels-Alder, endo, halogenation, i2, lialh4, Maleic anhydride, organic
- By Paul Crichton
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