Scandium triflate-catalyzed intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation with Meldrum's acids: insight into the mechanism

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 6682-6695

  Fillion, Eric ^a   Fishlock, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; MELDRUM ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SCANDIUM; SCANDIUM TRIFLATE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 67650217931     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.05.058     Document Type: Article

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