On the Origins of Diastereofacial Selectivity in Diels-Alder Cycloadditions

All articles of this category We review current understanding of p-facial selectivity in Diels-Alder reactions. High level calculations that include electron correlation are necessary to predict facial selectivity. Within the next decade theoretical calculations of transition states should become sufficiently fast to enable organic chemists to predict p-facial selectivity even in moderately complex systems. facial selectivity - acetylene Diels-Alder - ethylene Diels-Alder - ab initio - semi empirical - correlation diagram - cage compounds