Diels-Alder reaction - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Answer some questions about industrial uses of acrolein, the simplest unsaturated aldehyde. For 10 points each.

[10e] Acrolein is the precursor to many fragrances produced via this reaction. This reaction is the 4 + 2 cycloaddition of a diene and a dienophile.

ANSWER: Diels-Alder reaction

[10m] This amino acid is produced by combining acrolein with methyl mercaptan and performing the Strecker synthesis. A cobalt-containing enzyme converts homocysteine into this amino acid by adding a methyl group.

ANSWER: methionine [or Met; or M]

[10h] Acrolein is an intermediate in the Skraup synthesis of these compounds. Along with lead oxides, one of these compounds can be used to poison Lindlar catalysts.

ANSWER: quinolines

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2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	13.33	67%	33%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	8.57	86%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	12.22	78%	33%	11%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%

Data


Harvard	Brown	10	0	0	10
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT A	10	0	0	10
MIT B	Brandeis	0	10	0	10
RIT	Yale	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	CWRU	0	0	0	0
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
JHU A	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
John Jay	Maryland B	0	0	0	0
NYU B	Maryland A	10	0	0	10
Mount Sinai	JHU B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Swarthmore	10	0	0	10
Illinois	Indiana	10	10	0	20
UChicago C	Northwestern B	0	0	0	0
Northwestern A	UChicago B	10	0	10	20
rusty shackleford	abg academy	0	10	0	10
McGill Fartlets	Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	0	0	0	0
Ottawa 67s	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	#OpenToBuzz	10	0	0	10
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	Toronto E	10	0	0	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	McGill B	10	0	0	10
Waterloo you are crooked	Guelph perfomative male competition	10	0	0	10
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Free Win	10	10	0	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	10	10	0	20
To buzz is to be perceived	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	10	10	0	20
Chimp Brisket	Knorr Stock Clue	10	0	0	10
Galactic Ombudsmen	Coughing Baby	10	0	0	10
Bristold	Of Mice and Penn	0	0	0	0
The Bit and the Penndulum	Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	10	0	0	10
question mark	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	10	0	0	10
Washed Scrubs	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	10	10	10	30
Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	0	0	0	0
UNC B	Planck Sinatra	0	0	0	0
VT B	UNC A	10	0	0	10
Wise Duke	VT A	10	10	0	20