English Explanatory Dictionary

Diels-Alder reaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Diels-Alder reaction Diels-Alder reactions

Etymology

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

Related words

dienophile
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