1Department of Chemistry, St. Ann's College for Women, Mehdipatnam Hyderabad, Telangana-500028
2Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2026,
Vol. 14 No. 4, 58-60
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-14-4-1
Copyright © 2026 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Sanjeev Rachuru, V. Jagannadham. Dimerization of Cyclopentadiene via Diels–Alder Reaction Documented by Refrachor (
F).
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2026; 14(4):58-60. doi: 10.12691/wjce-14-4-1.
Correspondence to: V. Jagannadham, Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India. Email:
jagannadham1950@yahoo.comAbstract
Cyclopentadiene is a five membered cyclic organic compound with molecular formula C5H6 abbreviated as CpH. The pKa of CpH is 15. It is probably known world strongest carbon acid after Fluoradene (pKa is 11.0 in DMSO, ref. 17) with only carbon-hydrogen framework without any hetero atoms. It is highly reactive diene, and dienophile can undergo dimerization via Diels–Alder Reaction to dicyclopentadiene (DCPD). In the present work we have tried to characterize the percentage mole fraction of the dimerization product by a physical constant Refrachor (F).
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