Diels-Alder reaction

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the reaction-mechanisms subtree

Canonical pericyclic [4+2] cycloaddition between a conjugated diene and a dienophile, yielding a cyclohexene with predictable regio- and stereochemistry. Thermally allowed by Woodward-Hoffmann rules.

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