One of the most important name reactions in organic chemistry, is the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction. It is a chemical reaction between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene, commonly termed the dienophile to construct a substituted cyclohexene derivative. It is the stereotypical example of a pericyclic reaction with a concerted mechanism. In synthesis, the use of electricity instead of stoichiometric amounts of oxidant or reducing agents is definitely appealing for economic, ecological and selective, reasons. In this review, we try to underscore the combination of the electrosynthesis with Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction to establish of a powerful synthetic tool which may encourage synthetic organic chemists to use it in the future.
Wiley Online LibraryScheme 6. A suggested mechanism of DÀ A reaction of electrogenerated quinones and dienes on the PTFE-fibers. Scheme 7. Electro-oxidation of Eugenol 77. P e r s o n a l A c c o u n t Wiley Online Library 286 Scheme 37. Anodic oxidation reaction of the 2-methoxy analogue 143 j and in situ trapping of the o-quinone heterodyne using enamine 144 a. Scheme 38. The synthesis of 145 e, 145 k-q using electro-oxidation pyrogallol derivatives with the enamine dienophiles. Scheme 48. The electrolysis of a 1 : 2 mixture of 3-buten-2-one ethylene acetal 183 a and cyclopentadiene 1 at 15 V for 0.2 F/mol using platinum electrodes in CH 2 C1 2 comprising LiC1O 4 /Bu 4 NC1O 4 as catalyst. Scheme 64. Regiospecific IEDDA reaction of enamine dienophile with o-azaquinone diene 232 ox , electrogenerated concurrently, to afford polyfunctionalized 1,4benzoxazine derivatives.