Chiral Ruthenium Lewis Acid Catalyzed Intramolecular Diels− Alder Reactions

S Thamapipol, G Bernardinelli, C Besnard…

Index: Badoiu, Andrei; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Besnard, Celine; Peter Kuendig Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 8, # 1 p. 193 - 200

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Abstract

Single point binding ruthenium Lewis acid catalysts [Ru (acetone)(S, S)-BIPHOP-F) Cp][SbF6]((S, S)-1b) and [Ru (acetone)(S, S)-BIPHOP-F)(indenyl)][SbF6]((S, S)-1c) efficiently catalyze intramolecular Diels− Alder (IMDA) reactions under mild conditions to afford the