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Diels-Alder reaction


Diels-Alder reaction
A Diels-Alder reaction in which a diene (butadiene, left) adds on to a dienophile (1,4-benzoquinone, center), yielding a Diels-Alder product (right)
Also known as diene synthesis, a reaction discovered by Otto Diels and Kurt Alder, which is important in making plastics, insecticides, and fungicides. A conjugated diene, such as 1,3-butadiene isoprene, adds readily to a "dienophile" containing a double or triple bonded activated by an adjacent nucleophile group.


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