Micelle-Promoted Diels-Alder Reaction

Parallel studies on the cycloadditions of non-surfactant dienes 106 and 107 and the dienophile 108 (Figure 4.4), analogs of 97,103 and 98-100, respectively, show that the regioisomer adducts were, in this case, obtained in equal amounts, supporting the idea that orientational effects in micelles promote the regioselectivity of a Diels-Alder reaction of a surfactant diene and a surfactant dienophile. 

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