What is the synthetic importance of the Diels-Alder reaction?

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What is the synthetic importance of the Diels-Alder reaction?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-06T07:55:59

Well, in the simplest reaction you are making #2xxC-C# bonds..........

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#"Diene + olefin "rarr" 6-membered ring"#

And as you know, the number of #C-C# bond formation reactions is small indeed. And thus Diels Alder reactions are VERY BIG DEALS. Modern variants of the Diels-Alder reaction have introduced stereocontrol into the reaction, and have also allowed the introduction of heteroatoms.

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