Cyclopentadienone
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Cyclopentadienone is unstable and rapidly undergoes the Diels-Alder reaction with itself. Write the structure for this Diels-Alder addition product.
The Diels-Alder addition product of the question above undergoes a fragmentation reaction on heating to produce a bicyclotrienone compound plus carbon monoxide. Suggest a structure for this product.
Based on the questions above why is tetraphenylcyclopentadienone such a stable compound?
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