Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In this video, I discuss the Diels Alder reaction, including regular demand and inverse demand, the ortho/para rule, and endo/exo selectivity. I also briefly discuss molecular orbital theory.

This is the 50th video in the Introductory Organic Chemistry series.
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Links to articles discussed in this episode:

phosphonate alkyne - doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.03.076
isoindole maleimide - doi.org/10.1021/ja0658259
sulfone maleimide - doi.org/10.1021/ol201095b
tetracyanoethylene - doi.org/10.1002/chem.200700796
vinyl ether inverse DA - doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.03.034
dihydrofuran inverse DA - doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00937-6
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