Diels-Alder reaction
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Etymology
[edit]First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.
Noun
[edit]Diels-Alder reaction (plural Diels-Alder reactions)
- (organic chemistry) The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.
Translations
[edit]cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene
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