Bismuth triflate as a safe and readily handled source of triflic acid: Application to the oxa-pictet-spengler reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-926

  Bouguerne, Benaissa ^a,b   Hoffmann, Pascal ^a,b   Lherbet, Christian ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Arylethanol; Bismuth triflate; Isochroman; Oxa Pictet Spengler; Triflic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BETA ARYLETHANOL; BISMUTH TRIFLATE; ISOCHROMAN DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; OXA PICTET SPENGLE REACTION;

EID: 77249108527     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903026715     Document Type: Article

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