Abstract
The strong acid triflimide ((CF3SO2)2NH) protonates chiral oxazaborolidines to form superactive, stable, chiral Lewis acids which are highly effective catalysts for a wide variety of enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions, documented herein by more than 20 examples.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6388-6390 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 May 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |