EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-PRINT COMPANION (
EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-PRINT COMPANION (
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781119776741
Author: Klein
Publisher: WILEY CONS
Question
Book Icon
Chapter 16, Problem 72IP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reactivity of nitroethylene and ethylene in a Diels-Alder reaction should be compared.

Concept introduction:

  • Diels-Alder reaction is a [4+2] cycloaddition reaction, in which a π-system having four atoms (diene) and a π-system having two atoms (dienophile) are undergoing in cycloaddition reaction and producing a substituted cyclohexene.
  • The reactivity of dienophiles are depending upon the substituents attached to it, the electron-withdrawing substituent such as carbonyl groups or nitro-groups activate the dienophile for Diels-Alder reaction by making the dienophiles more reactive to dienes.

To compare: the reactivity of nitroethylene and ethylene in a Diels-Alder reaction.

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305957404
Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9781259911156
Author:Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby Professor
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305577213
Author:Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. Crouch
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Organic Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9780078021558
Author:Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Chemistry: Principles and Reactions
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305079373
Author:William L. Masterton, Cecile N. Hurley
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Bind...
Chemistry
ISBN:9781118431221
Author:Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. Bullard
Publisher:WILEY