Diels-Alder reaction

Diels–Alder reaction

Meaning

Noun

The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.

Origin

First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.

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