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What Diene and Dienophile Would React to Give the Product

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What diene and dienophile would react to give the product below? What diene and dienophile would react to give the product below?


Definitions:

Dienophile

A chemical compound with an electron-deficient double or triple bond that readily reacts with a diene in a Diels-Alder reaction to form cyclohexene derivatives.

HOMO

Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital; the electron orbital with the highest energy level that is occupied by electrons in a molecule under ground state conditions.

Mechanism

A detailed description of the step-by-step process by which chemical reactions occur, including the breaking and formation of bonds.

Endo Rule

A guideline in Diels-Alder reactions predicting that the endo product is preferred for thermodynamic or kinetic reasons.

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