RT Journal Article T1 Understanding the reactivity and selectivity of Diels–Alder reactions involving furans A1 Alves, Tiago Vinicius A1 Fernández López, Israel AB The reactivity and endo/exo selectivity of the Diels–Alder cycloaddition reactions involving furan and substituted furans as dienes have been computationally explored. In comparison to cyclopentadiene, it is found that furan is comparatively less reactive and also less endo-selective in the reaction with maleic anhydride as the dienophile. Despite that, both the reactivity and the selectivity can be successfully modified by the presence of substituents at either 2- or 3-positions of the heterocycle. In this sense, it is found that the presence of strong electron-donor groups significantly increases the reactivity of the system while the opposite is found in the presence of electron-withdrawing groups. The observed trends in both the reactivity and selectivity are analyzed quantitatively in detail by means of the activation strain model of reactivity in combination with the energy decomposition analysis methods. PB Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98252 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98252 LA eng NO Alves, Tiago Vinicius, y Israel Fernández. «Understanding the Reactivity and Selectivity of Diels–Alder Reactions Involving Furans». Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 21, n.o 38, 2023, pp. 7767-75. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3OB01343J. NO Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) DS Docta Complutense RD 18 abr 2025