Tetrahedron Letters

MW-assisted Er (OTf) 3-catalyzed mild cleavage of isopropylidene acetals in Tricky substrates

A Procopio, M Gaspari, M Nardi, M Oliverio, R Romeo

Index: Procopio, Antonio; Gaspari, Marco; Nardi, Monica; Oliverio, Manuela; Romeo, Roberto Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 12 p. 1961 - 1964

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Abstract

Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Erbium(III) trifluoromethane sulfonate is proposed as a very gentle Lewis acid catalyst in a MW-assisted chemoselective method for the cleavage of isopropylidene acetals in awkward substrates by using pure water as the solvent. ... Er(OTf) 3 is proposed as a very gentle ...