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Chapter 10 Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems

10.1 The Allyl Group
10.2 Allylic Carbocations
10.3 Allylic Free Radicals
10.4 Allylic Halogenation

10.5 Classes of Dienes
10.6 Relative Stabilities of Alkadienes
10.7 Electron Delocalization in Conjugated Dienes
10.8 Bonding in Allenes

10.9 Preparation of Dienes
10.10 Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Conjugated Dienes
10.11 Halogen Addition to Dienes

10.12 The Diels-Alder Reaction
10.13 Stereoselectivity of Diels-Alder Reactions
10.14 Electrocyclic Reactions of Polyenes
10.15 The p Molecular Orbitals of Alkenes and Conjugated Polyenes
10.16 A p Molecular Orbital Analysis of the Diels-Alder Reaction
10.17 A p Molecular Orbital Analysis of Electrocyclic Reactions
10.18 Summary


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ChemTV
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Organic Reaction Mechanisms
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alkenes and alhynes
-Diels-Alder
- ion stability
-resonance effects


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