endo- and exo-Stereochemistry in the Diels-Alder Reaction: Kinetic versus Thermodynamic Control

James H. Cooley and Richard Vaughan Williams
Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2343
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (5), p 582
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p582
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 1997

Abstract

In these experiments, which were used in the problem-solving mode, the stereoselectivity of the Diels-Alder cycloaddition of N-phenylmaleimide to furan is deduced by the characteristic splitting patterns in the proton-NMR spectra. The relationship of coupling constants to dihedral angle, as described by the Karplus equation, is illustrated. The data can also be used to demonstrate the concept of kinetic versus thermodynamic control.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Laboratory Instruction

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Kinetics

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