Various substituted 3-benzoylamino-2H-pyran-2-ones lead to bicyclo[2.2.2]octene derivatives upon reaction with maleic anhydride or N-phenylmaleimide via Diels–Alder cycloaddition. In this master's thesis, such reactions are described in biomass-derived solvents. This type of solvent is one of the newer types of green solvents. Various substituted bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes were synthesized in para-cymene, α-pinene and eucalyptol. Some of the reactions carried out in para-cymene were optimized to achieve high conversion rates, to be as energy efficient as possible, and to satisfy as many principles of green chemistry as possible. The aforementioned synthesis of bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes was also attempted in limonene, where the reaction did not occur and in γ-valerolactone, where problems with the isolation of the product were encountered. The successfully synthesized products were characterized by IR, 1H NMR and MS analytical methods.
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