4-Phenyl-124-triazole-35-dione (PTAD) is an azodicarbonyl compound. PTAD is one of the strongest dienophiles and reacts rapidly with dienes in Diels-Alder reactions. The most prominent use of PTAD was the first successful synthesis of prismane in 1973.
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