Part of a synthesis by E. J. Corey and David Watt (Harvard University) involves the Diels-Alder cycloaddition

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Part of a synthesis by E. J. Corey and David Watt (Harvard University) involves the Diels-Alder cycloaddition of the following pyrone and cyclohexenone. The initial reaction gives the endo product, which loses carbon dioxide in a retro-Diels-Alder to generate a diene with predictable stereochemistry and functionality. IR and UV spectroscopy of the final product show that it contains a diene conjugated with an ester, and an unconjugated ketone. Determine the structures of the intermediate and the final product, with particular attention to their stereochemistry.
Part of a synthesis by E. J. Corey and David
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321768414

8th edition

Authors: L. G. Wade Jr.

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