SURPRISING CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF BISMUTH(III) TRIFLATE IN THE FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ACYLATION REACTION

Authors
DESMURS JR LABROUILLERE M LEROUX C GASPARD H LAPORTERIE A DUBAC J
Citation
Jr. Desmurs et al., SURPRISING CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF BISMUTH(III) TRIFLATE IN THE FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ACYLATION REACTION, Tetrahedron letters, 38(51), 1997, pp. 8871-8874
Citations number
42
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
38
Issue
51
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8871 - 8874
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1997)38:51<8871:SCAOBT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Bismuth tris-trifluoromethanesulfonate (Bi(OTf)(3)) was found to be a novel catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts acylation. The reactions of acti vated or deactivated benzenes such as fluorobenzene proceeded in high yields in the presence of a catalytic amount of BI(OTf)(3). This catal yst is water stable and its catalytic activity is much higher than the one of the other metallic triflates M(OTf)(3) previously reported (M = Al, Ga, Ln or Sc). (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.