Superacid promoted reactions of N-acyliminium salts and evidence for the involvement of superelectrophiles

Y Zhang, DJ DeSchepper, TM Gilbert…

Index: Zhang, Yiliang; DeSchepper, Daniel J.; Gilbert, Thomas M.; Sai, Kiran Kumar S.; Klumpp, Douglas A. Chemical Communications, 2007 , # 39 p. 4032 - 4034

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Abstract

The acid-catalyzed reactions of N-acyliminium salts are well known and have great value in synthetic methodologies. 3 Many of these transformations involve generating the cationic N-acyliminium ions in excess strong acid. Although these are the types of conditions that could suggest the involvement of superelectrophiles, there has been almost no work done to explore the possibility that superelectrophiles may be involved in this class of reactions. Perhaps the most ...