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An Yttrium‐Based Strong Lewis Acid for the Heterogeneous Catalysis of the Diels–Alder Reaction
Author(s) -
Keshavaraja Alive,
Hegde Vishnumurthy R.,
Pandey Bipin,
Ramaswamy Arumugamangalam V.,
Kumar Pradeep,
Ravindranathan T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199521431
Subject(s) - cyclopentadiene , yttrium , lewis acids and bases , diels–alder reaction , catalysis , alder , chemistry , lewis acid catalysis , organic chemistry , characterization (materials science) , materials science , nanotechnology , botany , biology , oxide
Excellent endo:exo selectivities can be achieved in heterogeneously catalyzed Diels‐Alder reactions, even in the case of dienophiles such as 1‐3 with cyclopentadiene. The key to the success is a new yttrium‐based, strong Lewis acid catalyst, whose synthesis and characterization is described.