Lewis Acid Catalysis of the Diels–Alder Reaction Using Niobium and Tantalum Chlorides in the Presence of Coordinating Ligands

The Jacobsen and pybox type ligands effect chiral induction in the presence of niobium(V) chloride and tantalum(V) chloride in the Lewis acid catalysed Diels–Alder reaction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kevin Gillespie, Joshua Howarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2000-08-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/5/8/993/