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Chapter 17, Problem 17.47

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Chlordane is a powerful insecticide that was used in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century. Its use was discontinued in 1988 in recognition of its persistence and accumulation in the environment. Identify the reagents you would use to prepare chlordane via a Diels-Alder reaction. Cl Cl Cl H H Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Chlordane

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QUESTION:

Chlordane is a powerful insecticide that was used in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century. Its use was discontinued in 1988 in recognition of its persistence and accumulation in the environment. Identify the reagents you would use to prepare chlordane via a Diels-Alder reaction. Cl Cl Cl H H Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Chlordane

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This exercise shows us the structure of chlordane (a powerful insecticide) and challenges us to synthesize the molecule using a Diels-Alder reaction. We are to provide the structures of the needed starting materials.

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