Self Assessment

Chapter 10: Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems

Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems Questions

Qu 1 The Diels-Alder reaction of furan and cyclopentadiene at 20^oC yields product 1, as shown below.

Heating a solution of 1 to 80^oC for 1 hour gives a mixture containing a second product 2 (a stereoisomer of 1) in a ratio of 9:1 (2:1).
The reaction of cyclopentadiene and furan at 80^oC gives the same 9:1 mixture of 2:1.

(a) Which species is the diene and the dienophile in this Diels-Alder reaction ?

(b) Which of the products is endo and which of the products is exo ?

(c) The sole formation of 1 (and not 2) at 20^oC is an example of a reaction under which type of control ?

(d) At 80^oC, the formation of a 9:1 mixture of 2:1, starting from cyclopentadiene and furan, is an example of a reaction under which type of control ?

(e) Is the formation of 90% 2 from 1 (at 80^oC) likely to be a direct isomerization of 1 into 2 ?

(f) As previously stated, when 1 was heated to 80^oC for 1 hour, 90% of the material was converted into 2. Heating for a further 10 hours at 80^oC produced no further change.
Why can we not convert the remaining 10% of 1 into 2 ?

(g) The bimolecular reaction of cyclopentadiene and furan at 20^oC to produce 1 is an exothermic reaction. According to the “Hammond postulate” what does this imply about the transition-state for this reaction ?

(h)
Reaction coordinate diagrams are often used to illustrate the energy changes taking place during chemical reactions. Identify the chemical species that corresponds to each of the points indicated by arrows in the diagram shown to the left.

Qu 2: What are the product(s) of the following reactions ?

(a)

(b)

Qu 3: What starting materials are required to produce the product shown ?

Qu 4: Draw in all of the curved arrows to complete the mechanism for the following reaction scheme:

Qu 5: (a) Rank the relative reactivity towards 1,3-cyclopentadiene of the following :

(b) Rate the relative reactivity towards dimethyl cis-butendioate of the following:

(c) Rate the order of the relative reactivity towards 3-buten-2-one of the following:

Qu 1	The Diels-Alder reaction of furan and cyclopentadiene at 20^oC yields product 1, as shown below.
	Heating a solution of 1 to 80^oC for 1 hour gives a mixture containing a second product 2 (a stereoisomer of 1) in a ratio of 9:1 (2:1). The reaction of cyclopentadiene and furan at 80^oC gives the same 9:1 mixture of 2:1.
	(a) Which species is the diene and the dienophile in this Diels-Alder reaction ?
	(b) Which of the products is endo and which of the products is exo ?
	(c) The sole formation of 1 (and not 2) at 20^oC is an example of a reaction under which type of control ?
	(d) At 80^oC, the formation of a 9:1 mixture of 2:1, starting from cyclopentadiene and furan, is an example of a reaction under which type of control ?
	(e) Is the formation of 90% 2 from 1 (at 80^oC) likely to be a direct isomerization of 1 into 2 ?
	(f) As previously stated, when 1 was heated to 80^oC for 1 hour, 90% of the material was converted into 2. Heating for a further 10 hours at 80^oC produced no further change. Why can we not convert the remaining 10% of 1 into 2 ?
	(g) The bimolecular reaction of cyclopentadiene and furan at 20^oC to produce 1 is an exothermic reaction. According to the “Hammond postulate” what does this imply about the transition-state for this reaction ?
	(h) Reaction coordinate diagrams are often used to illustrate the energy changes taking place during chemical reactions. Identify the chemical species that corresponds to each of the points indicated by arrows in the diagram shown to the left.

Qu 2:	What are the product(s) of the following reactions ?

	(a)
	(b)
Qu 3:	What starting materials are required to produce the product shown ?


Qu 4:	Draw in all of the curved arrows to complete the mechanism for the following reaction scheme:


Qu 5:	(a) Rank the relative reactivity towards 1,3-cyclopentadiene of the following :


	(b) Rate the relative reactivity towards dimethyl cis-butendioate of the following:


	(c) Rate the order of the relative reactivity towards 3-buten-2-one of the following: