H. Laurent-robert et al., Bismuth(III) chloride and triflate: New efficient catalysts for the aza-Diels-Alder reaction, SYNLETT, (8), 2000, pp. 1160-1162
Bismuth(III) chloride (1) and triflate (2) are excellent catalysts of heter
o Diels-Alder reactions of imines 3-6 with diene 7 or dienophiles 8 and 9.
A one-pot procedure with in situ production of inline from the correspondin
g aldehyde and amine was possible using the water stable 2 as a catalyst.