S. Kobayashi et al., REPEATED USE OF THE CATALYST IN LN(OTF)3-CATALYZED ALDOL AND ALLYLATION REACTIONS, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 67(8), 1994, pp. 2342-2344
The lanthanoide trifluoromethanesulfonate (lanthanoid triflate)-cataly
zed aldol reactions of silyl enol ethers with aldehydes and allylation
reactions of tetraallyltin with aldehydes processded smoothly in a wa
ter-ethanol-toluene system. The reactions proceeded much faster in the
above solvent than in water-tetrahydrofuran. Repeated use of the cata
lyst in these reactions was realized by a very simple procedure.