The diels-alder reaction of 2,4-hexadien-1-ol with maleic anhydride: A novel preparation for the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory course

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1465-1467

  McDaniel, Keith F ^a   Weekly, R Matthew ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040860510     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1465     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. An excellent discussion of the Diels-Alder reaction in an undergraduate text is given in Ege, S. N. Organic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity; D. C. Heath: Lexington, MA, 1994; Chapter 17, pp 733-746.
2. See for example, Williamson, K. L. Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments, 2nd ed; D. C. Heath: Lexington, MA, 1994; Chapter 25.
3. A typical discussion of addition/elimination reactions in an undergraduate text is given in Solomons, T. W. G. Organic Chemistry, 6th ed; Wiley: New York, 1996; Chapter 18.
4. See for example, Roberts, R. M.; Gilbert, J. C.; Martin, S. F. Experimental Organic Chemistry; Saunders: Fort Worth, TX, 1994; Chapter 20.
5. The literature reference for this reaction utilizes refluxing benzene as the solvent with a 48-hour reaction time (56% yield): Brettle, R.; Cummings, D. P. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 1977, 2385.