Abstract
A novel type of phosphoric acid catalyst with enhanced reactivity is reported. These compounds possess one or two positively charged centers which electrostatically activate them. This is illustrated in several bond-forming transformations including Friedel-Crafts and Diels-Alder reactions as well as a ring-opening polymerization. Rate accelerations corresponding to orders of magnitude are observed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5812-5815 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 18 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Ms. Deborah K. Schneiderman (University of Minnesota) for helpful discussions. Generous support from the National Science Foundation (CHE-1361766) and the Petroleum Research Fund (556313-ND4) as administered by the American Chemical Society is also gratefully acknowledged.
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