Silylium ion-catalyzed challenging Diels-Alder reactions: The danger of hidden proton catalysis with strong Lewis acids

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4421-4428

  Schmidt, Ruth K ^a,b   Müther, Kristine ^a,b   Mück Lichtenfeld, Christian ^b   Grimme, Stefan ^b,c   Oestreich, Martin ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CATALYSIS; CHEMO-SELECTIVITY; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIENOPHILES; FERROCENES; LEWIS ACID; LEWIS ACID CATALYSIS; LEWIS ACIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; OXIDATION LEVEL; PHOSPHONIUM IONS; PYRIDINIUM; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATION;

BROMINE; DEUTERIUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS;

2,6 DI TERT BUTYLPYRIDINE; BRONSTED ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYL GROUP; DEUTERIUM; FERROCENE; LEWIS ACID; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; PROTON; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON CATION; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILYLIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL LABELING; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84857827082     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja211856m     Document Type: Article

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