Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2011 Jun 28;111(8):5042–5137. doi: 10.1021/cr100212h

Table 10.

Methyl vinyl ketone and cyclopentadiene Diels-Alder cycloaddition activation barriers a

graphic file with name nihms307700u6.jpg
catalyst activation barrier
uncatalyzed 19.0
(H2O)2 18.5
thiourea catalyst 17.0
a

Gas phase, B3LYP/6-31+G(d, p)//AM1