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The Diels-Alder Reaction

complex and very beautiful examples of the Diels-Alder… we’ll start, as tradition dictates, in the shallow end of the pool. [So for just a few ka-pow! examples of the Diels-Alder…

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Birch Reduction

…present on the ring? What kinds of products are obtained? Since the “nucleophile” here is essentially free electrons (e – ) , the reaction is faster on aromatic rings with

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Aromatic Synthesis (3) – Sulfonyl Blocking Groups

…left with only ortho-bromoanisole. Hooray! 5. Combining Blocking Sulfonyl Groups With “Polarity Reversal” We can combine this blocking group strategy with the “polarity reversal” and “order of operations” strategies we…

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