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Offline Penguinone

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1nitrocyclopentene with cyclopentadiene
« on: January 31, 2014, 06:51:46 PM »
Question: "Give the product(s) of the reaction of 1-nitrocyclopentadiene with cyclopentadiene, give mechanism(s) to support your answer."

Attempt: Diels-Alder mechanism. See picture.

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Re: 1nitrocyclopentene with cyclopentadiene
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 12:11:50 AM »
looks good to me….be sure to indicate stereochem :).  May be a bridge between those carbons with the pointy carbon on top, but I'm bad at DA :).
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« Last Edit: February 01, 2014, 12:49:11 AM by zsinger »
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