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Reactants Leading to Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Adducts

Draw the major diene & dienophile reactants which would give the Diels-Alder adducts shown below. Draw each reactant (diene & dienophile) separately, and evaluate that answer before continuing.
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 1.
Diels-Alder scheme: unknown diene plus dienophile give a tetrachloro-substituted bicyclo[2.2.1]heptene adduct

2.
Diels-Alder scheme: unknown diene plus dienophile give a dimethyl-cyclohexene bearing methyl and acetyl groups

3.
Diels-Alder scheme: unknown diene plus dienophile give a cyclopentane-fused hydrindane cyclic anhydride adduct

4.
Diels-Alder scheme: unknown diene plus dienophile give an octahydronaphthalene with methyl and methyl ester groups

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