In this article negative values of the activation volume in retro-Diels-Alder reactions are interpreted in terms of the different possibilities of penetration of the solvent molecules into the sterically branched structures ...

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. A sharp difference in the change in the molar volume during the transition from the solid phase to the solution for a number of 2D molecules of reagents compared with 3D molecules of the Diels-Alder ...