How Do You Study The Diels Alder Reaction In Organic Chemistry?
• Learn about the Diels-Alder reaction’s discovery. This important reaction was discovered by two chemists in Germany that were awarded the Nobel Prize for its discovery. This reaction although considered now obsolete is still a powerful synthetic tool for the construction of two carbon bonds stereospecifically. Variations of this reaction include its application to heterocyclic aromatic compounds cyclo-addition reactions with appropriate dienophiles. This reaction does not have biologically analogous reactions and is a purely synthetic method that was designed and discovered in the organic research laboratory. • Its explanation however relies heavily on theory that without it, it would not be possible to rationalize the products of this reaction. The same phenomena occurred with electro-cyclic reactions which eventually were rationalized only based on theoretical arguments from the molecular orbitals theory of organic compounds. For this reason mastering theory is fundamental to under
