Intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of ester-tethered 1,7,9-decatrienoates: bis[chloro(methyl)aluminum]trifluoromethanesulfonamide as a catalyst

Akio Saito; Hisanaka Ito; Takeo Taguchi

doi:10.1021/ol026963f

Intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of ester-tethered 1,7,9-decatrienoates: bis[chloro(methyl)aluminum]trifluoromethanesulfonamide as a catalyst

Org Lett. 2002 Dec 26;4(26):4619-21. doi: 10.1021/ol026963f.

Authors

Akio Saito¹, Hisanaka Ito, Takeo Taguchi

Affiliation

¹ School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.

PMID: 12489944
DOI: 10.1021/ol026963f

Abstract

[reaction: see text] The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 1,7,9-decatrienoate derivative with an ester tether is efficiently catalyzed by the bidentate Lewis acid, bis-aluminated trifluoromethanesulfonamide.