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Diels Alder Reaction Mechanism and Product Trick Vid 1

February 21, 2015 By Leah4sci 5 Comments

Diels Alder Reaction Mechanism Video by Leah Fisch (2)The diels alder reaction can come in many forms. You'll be faced with confusing reactants and complex products. The first step to mastering this reaction is to truly understand the diels alder mechanism and pattern. This video breaks down the reaction then shows you my trick for quickly identifying products from any reactant, and the reactants from a given product.

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Comments

  1. casey says

    October 11, 2018 at 2:34 pm

    This trick is AMAZING!! Thank you so much for clarifying for me, I truly appreciate it!!

    Reply
  2. Samir Nacer says

    November 9, 2016 at 6:39 pm

    Why was it again professor that the dienophile formed a triple bond in the last example??

    Reply
  3. Sai kiran says

    October 25, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    Madam. Is there any compound with resonance in triple bond. Is it possible?

    Reply
  4. Jay Patel says

    May 9, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    I like how you started numbering the molecule. I personally see things better with numbering…(except for me, I just replace a and b with just 5 and 6 to make the full 6-membered ring). 🙂 Thank you for your video!

    Reply
    • Leah4sci says

      May 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Jay I used to number with 5 and 6 but then what do you do when your diene is a cyclohexadiene? I prefer to use numbers for the diene and letters for the dienophile

      Reply

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