Diels-Alder reaction Overview

Introductory pages		Regioselectivity
Identifying a Diels-Alder product	Reaction of s-cis versus s-trans dienes	Regioselectivity – how to determine the product	Regioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction explained

Stereochemistry
Stereochemistry of the diene	Stereochemistry of the diene – Z,Z.	Stereochemistry of the diene – Z,E.	Stereochemistry of the diene – E,E.


	Stereochemistry of the dienophile	Stereochemistry of the dienophile – working out product structure

The Diels-Alder reaction – the endo rule
Endo vs exo	Working out which product is endo	Endo vs exo again	Endo vs exo once again


Orbital explanation of the endo rule	Woodward-Hoffman rules	Intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions and the endo rule	Endo vs exo in intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions

Reaction gallery
Reaction of 2,3-Dimethylbutadiene and Acrolein	Reaction of diene and quinone	Intramolecular reaction of Methyl-2,7,9-decatrienoate	8-Phenylmenthol auxiliary-controlled Diels-Alder reaction


Reactionof 1,1-dimethylbutadiene and methyl methacrylate	Reaction of 2-methoxybuta-1,3-diene and acrylonitrile	Reaction of hexa-2,4-diene and acrolein	Reaction of benzyne and anthracene

Pyrone Diels-Alder reaction