Hydrophobic Effects Are Dominant over
Secondary Orbital Interactions for a
Simple Diels-Alder Reaction in Salt
Solutions
Diganta Sarma andAnil Kumar*
Physical Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
a.kumar@ncl.res.in
Received March 27, 2006
Abstract:
The stereoselectivity ratios for a Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene with methyl trans-crotonate carried out in salt solutions
demonstrate the dominance of hydrophobic effects over secondary orbital interactions.
