Part 4 in the series "Studies in asymmetric synthesis" - Studies in Lewis acid and LiClO4 (or Nafion-H) catalysed ionic Diels-Alder reactions of chiral and achiral olefinic acetals respectively
R. Kumareswaran et al., Part 4 in the series "Studies in asymmetric synthesis" - Studies in Lewis acid and LiClO4 (or Nafion-H) catalysed ionic Diels-Alder reactions of chiral and achiral olefinic acetals respectively, TETRAHEDRON, 55(4), 1999, pp. 1099-1110
Chiral olefinic acetals derived from crotonaldehyde undergo ionic Diets-Ald
er reaction giving the corresponding cycloadducts in moderate to good diast
ereoselectivities. A variety of achiral olefinic acetals react with isopren
e and cyclopentadiene to form the cycloadducts in good to excellent yields
when catalysed by 4M LiClO4 in nitromethane or by Nafion-H in dichlorometha
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