Organic reactions at high pressure. The
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William G. Dauben; William R. Baker
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Article
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1982
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The Diels-Alder reaction of e-benzoquinone with substituted dienoic esters affords good yields of 4a,5,8,8a-tetrahydro-1,4+aphthalenediones, free from the isomeric hydroquinone. The reactions were conducted at room temperature under 15 kbar (1.5 GPa) pressure in dichloromethane solutions.