Oscillations of reactivity in the [2+4]-cycloaddition of methyl acrylate to furan

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF01435375

The kinetics of [2+4|-cycIoaddition of methyl acrylate to furan (Diels-Alder reaction) were studied at 70 °C and 907 MPa, i.e., under conditions where the solvent (benzene) exists in the solid state. It was found that the reactivity exhibits oscillations with astronomic time and that its averaging leads to reaction rate constants, which are close to those expected from the calculations, carried out using the known reaction and activation volume effects and the reactivity at a pressure close to the atmospheric pressure.