At a loading as low as 0.5 mol% indium triflate has been found to catalyse
the hetero Diels-Alder reaction. A three component coupling reaction betwee
n aldehydes, amines and Danishefsky's diene to afford tetrahydropyridine de
rivatives proceeds similarly in high yield. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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