B(C6F5)3: A New Class of Strong and Bulky Lewis Acid for Exo-Selective Intermolecular Diels-Alder Reactions of Unreactive Acyclic Dienes with α,β-Enals

Jia Hui Zhou, Bing Jiang, Fei Fan Meng, Yun He Xu, Teck Peng Loh

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Abstract

Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 catalyzed the Diels-Alder reactions of multisubstituted open-chain dienes and α,β-enals to afford the desired products with high exo-selectivities are reported. The substituent effect of the dienes and dienophiles on the products stereoselectivity was thoroughly investigated, and it was found that most of the desired exo-Diels-Alder products could be obtained in good yields and with high exo-stereoselectivities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4432-4435
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume17
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

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