DIELS-ALDER AND RETRO-DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS SUPPORTED ON GRAPHITE UNDER MICROWAVES
S. DAHMANI 1, Y. KANDRI RODI 1, K. MISBAHI 1, E. M. ESSASSI 2, BERNARD GARRIGUES 3* (1) UNIVERSITÉ SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDALLAH, FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES, LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE ORGANIQUE APPLIQUÉE, FES, MAROC
(2) UNIVERSITÉ MOHAMMED V - AGDAL, FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES, LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE ORGANIQUE HÉTÉROCYCLIQUE, AVENUE IBN-
The coupling of graphite (as a support) with microwaves (as an energy source), a new type of « dry reaction », was studied for some Diels-Alder and Hetero-Diels-Alder reactions. It was also possible to achieve in a few minutes, at atmospheric pressure and without solvent, retro-Diels-Alder reactions. All these synthesis have been realized in very short times, without any thermal decomposition products and even in presence of volatile reagents.