ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 23, Number 5
JKCSEZ 23(5)
October 20, 1979 

In order to predict the effect of Lewis acid catalysis on the regioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reactions between unsymmetrically substituted dienes and dienophiles, the frontier orbital theory applied to the theoretical model of the Lewis acid complexed dienophile was studied by means of CNDO/2 MO. In the majority of reactions, CNDO/2 calculations gave good results in accordance with experimental orientation. Also, it was shown that the secondary orbital interaction played an important role in the regioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction between unsymmetrically substituted dienes and dienophiles. Although ANH's treatment is mathematically simpler than other methods, ANH's method which laid emphasis on dissymmetrical transition state gave good results on decision of regioselectivity.