Diels-Alder reaction

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Etymology

First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.

Noun

Diels-Alder reaction (plural Diels-Alder reactions)

  1. (organic chemistry) The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.

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