Regioselectivity in Diels-Alder reactions Reaction of 1,1-dimethylbutadiene and methyl acrylate

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Working out regioselectivity

Predict which product above is formed?

The regioselectivity of the reaction can be determined by working out where the largest component of the HOMO lies in the diene and the largest component of the LUMO lies in the dienophile. For more information on regioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction or for another example click here.

Note that the transition state is endo as expected.

J. Sauer, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. English, 1967, 6, 16–33.

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