Lanthanide Trifluoromethanesulfonates as Stable Lewis Acids in Aqueous Media. Yb(OTf)<sub>3</sub>Catalyzed Hydroxymethylation Reaction of Silyl Enol Ethers with Commercial Formaldehyde Solution
作者:Shu Kobayashi
DOI:10.1246/cl.1991.2187
日期:1991.12
Silyl enol ethers smoothly react with commercial formaldehyde solution to give the corresponding hydroxymethylated adducts in high yields by the promotion of a catalytic amount of ytterbium(III) triflate (Yb(OTf)3), which is a stable Lewis acid in aqueous media. Other lanthanide triflates are also found to be effective.
Lanthanide Triflates as Water-Tolerant Lewis Acids. Activation of Commercial Formaldehyde Solution and Use in the Aldol Reaction of Silyl Enol Ethers with Aldehydes in Aqueous Media
作者:Shu Kobayashi、Iwao Hachiya
DOI:10.1021/jo00092a017
日期:1994.7
Lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonates (triflates), especially ytterbium triflate (Yb(OTf)(3)), were found to be stable Lewis acids in water. In the presence of a catalytic amount of lanthanide triflate, formaldehyde in water solution (commercial formaldehyde solution) was activated and the hydroxymethylation reaction of silyl enol ethers proceeded smoothly. Lanthanide triflates were also quite effective in the aldol reaction of silyl enol ethers with aldehydes in aqueous media, and water-soluble aldehydes such as acetaldehyde, acrolein, and chloroacetaldehyde could be employed for direct use. Moreover, in all these reactions, lanthanide triflates were quantitatively recovered after the reactions were completed and could be reused.
Kobayashi; Hashiya; Ishitani, Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996, vol. 32, # 2, p. 193 - 202