Diels-Alder Reaction Facilitated by Special Physical and Chemical Methods

Diels-Alder Reaction Facilitated by Special Physical and Chemical Methods 

The Diels-Alder reaction is the most widely used carbon-carbon, carbon-heteroatom and heteroatom-heteroatom bond-forming reaction for the construction of six-membered rings therefore it is not surprising that many methods have been used to accelerate the reaction and to improve its selectivity. Chapters 2, 3 and 5 illustrate the effects of temperature, Lewis acids and pressure, respectively this chapter provides a survey of other physical and chemical methods by which the Diels-Alder reaction can be profitably carried out. 

A compendium of these special methods was reviewed by Pindur in 1993 [1]. 

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