Superacid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts cyclization of unactivated alkenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 4600-4603

  Bonderoff, Sara A ^a   West, F G ^a   Tremblay, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friedel Crafts alkylation; Superacid; Tetralin synthesis; Trifluoromethanesulfonimide; Unactivated alkene

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; MICROWAVE COOKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84864066209     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.06.082     Document Type: Article

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