Abstract

Adel AL-Saeedi¹ and Mazahar Farooqui^1,2*

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/290325

The (4+2) cycloaddition or the Diels-Alder reaction is one of the most important reactions in the field of organic synthesis. The Diels-Alder reaction well known to all chemists is 100 years old. The Diels-Alder reaction during that period it has been studied intensively, where there are  more papers, many books and reviews in the Diels-Alder reactions making the complete study of these works impossible, therefore in this article  we concentrate on the review and generalization of the Diels-Alder reaction of 9-substituted anthracene with a variety of dienophiles.

Diels–Alder reaction;Synthesis;dienophiles;stereoselectivity;9-substituted anthracenes

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