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Recent Advances in Lewis Acid Catalyzed Diels−Alder Reactions in Aqueous Media
Author(s) -
Fringuelli Francesco,
Piermatti Oriana,
Pizzo Ferdinando,
Vaccaro Luigi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0690(200102)2001:3<439::aid-ejoc439>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - chemistry , aqueous medium , lewis acids and bases , diels–alder reaction , cycloaddition , catalysis , aqueous solution , lewis acid catalysis , organic chemistry , organic reaction
Recently the aqueous medium has attracted the interest of organic chemists, and many, sometimes surprising, discoveries have been made. Among the organic reactions investigated in aqueous medium, the Diels−Alder cycloaddition has been the most widely studied because of its great importance in the synthetic and theoretical fields. The Diels−Alder reaction is greatly enhanced by Lewis acid catalysis, and this review illustrates recent significant results in this field when the reaction is performed in aqueous medium.