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Question 1

Moreover, the founders of the reaction, while they certainly made significant forays in the area of terpene synthesis, became diverted by other research concerns of greater interest to them, particularly in regard to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the reaction they had discovered.

Answer 1

become後可以加名詞形容詞過去分詞當作補語
第四個逗點後面是在更詳細說明by...的東西
in regard to:關於
foray:初次嘗試
Moreover:此外
divert:轉移
while:「雖然…；儘管…」，等同「although」

Question 2

Significantly, these efforts ultimately resulted in such important advances as the Alder endo rule that governs the stereochemical outcome of the typical Diels ± Alder reaction.

Answer 2

resulted in: 原因(名詞)+result in +結果(名詞)
as當副詞:跟…一樣地、如同; 例如.，這裡是例如
that可以當關係代名詞

Question 3

In 1952, Woodward et al. disclosed their historic routes to the steroids cortisone and cholesterol (12 and 13, respectively, Scheme 2) where, in the initial step, reaction of quinone 7 with butadiene in benzene at 100 °C for 96 hours effected a smooth Diels ± Alder cycloaddition to form bicyclic adduct 9 via the intermediacy of endo transition state 8.

Answer 3

where: 關係副詞是介+which，關係副詞有where when why
disclose: 透露