In this concise review article, Pablo Wessig and colleagues at University Potsdam (Germany) highlight the benefits of the Photo-Deyhdro-Diels-Alder (PDDA) reaction as a synthetically interesting and useful photochemical reaction. While often overlooked in the past, the PDDA reaction enables the synthesis of molecules which are often not accessible via the Diels–Alder (DA) or dehydro-Diels–Alder (DDA) reactions, thanks to the large amount of energy generated by the photoactivation of the reactants.
How would you use the PDDA reaction?
From phenylnaphthalenes, N-heterocyclic biaryls and naphthalenophanes, check out its considerable scope in this OBC article!
The photo-dehydro-Diels–Alder (PDDA) reaction
Pablo Wessig, Annika Matthes and Charlotte Pick
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06066J, Emerging Area
