Roles of Lewis Acid Catalysts in Diels‐Alder Reactions between Cyclopentadiene and Methyl Acrylate
Abstract The Diels‐Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with methyl acrylate catalyzed by AlCl3 has been theoretically investigated. M06‐2X level DFT calculations have shown that the formation of two C−C bonds is asynchronous in the cycloaddition both in the endo path and in the exo path, thus making a...
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Wiley-VCH
2020-06-01
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| Series: | ChemistryOpen |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202000112 |