Tetrahedron Letters

Diaklylaluminum chloride catalyzed ene reactions of aldehydes. Synthesis of ipsenol

BB Snider, DJ Rodini

Index: Snider, Barry B.; Rodini, David J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 1815 - 1818

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Citation Number: 49

Abstract

Abstract Dimethylaluminum chloride which is a mild Lewis acid and a proton scavenger, catalyzes the ene reactions of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. Proton initiated rearrangements do not occur, since the alcohol-Lewis acid complex formed in the ene reaction rapidly to give methane and a non-acidic aluminum alkoxide.