Carbocation Catalysis : Oxa-Diels-Alder Reactions of Unactivated Aldehydes and Simple Dienes

• The versatility of the trityl cation (TrBF4) as a highly efficient Lewis acid organocatalyst is demonstrated in the oxa-Diels-Alder reaction of various unactivated aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes and simple unactivated dienes, such as isoprene and 2,3-dimethylbutadiene. The transformation proceeds smoothly to give 3,6-dihydropyrane adducts in high to moderate yields with catalyst loadings down to 1.0 mol-% under mild reaction conditions. In contrast to most previously reported strategies, this protocol does not require substrate functional group activation, neither by electron-deficient aldehydes (2-oxo aldehydes) or electron-rich dienes (methoxy or amino-butadiene).

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Carbocations

Cycloaddition

Organocatalysis

Trityl ion

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