Identification of conjugated diene

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Dorothy V

 

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April 27, 2013

 

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These techniques were used to separate the Diels-Alder adduct of the unknown conjugated diene in eucalyptus oil and identify the diene. Dienes contribute to the characteristic flavors and aromas that are found in the essential oils of many plants. Some of these dienes are conjugated and have the ability to make Diels-Alder adducts with maleic anhydride...
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Some of these dienes are conjugated and have the ability to make Diels-Alder adducts with maleic anhydride. The Diels-Alder reaction is the conjugate addition of an alkene to a diene. In order for a Diels-Alder reaction to occur the diene must exist as an s-cis conformation and must be conjugated. One reactant (the diene) contributes four carbons and the other reactant (the dienophile, in this case the maleic anhydride) contributes two carbons to the six-membered ring of the resulting cyclic compound (the adduct)...
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