Sample reactions
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2-Chloroacrylonitrile, Cu(BF4)2
0 °C
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Et2NH
Et2O
-20 °C, , 40% (3 steps)
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THF
-78 °C to RT, , 23%
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PhH
Reflux, 60 min, 100%
"Mixture of isomers."
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PhH
Reflux, 10 h, 8%
""[This method was not] investigated extensively with a view to determining optimum conditions.""
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Methyl acrylate, AlCl3
CH2Cl2
-78 °C, 7 h, 98%
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DBAD
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CH2Cl2
RT, 36 h
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1,3-Butadiene
PhH
100 °C, 96 h, 86%
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NaOAc, PdCl2
H2O, MeOH
38 °C to RT, 3 h, 46%
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2-Chloroacrylonitrile
Sealed tube
PhH
130 °C, 72 h, 85%
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Neopentyl glycol, PhB(OH)2
Dean-Stark
PhH
RT to Reflux, 48.5 h, 61%
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O2, Tetraphenylporphyrin
CH2Cl2
RT, 7 h
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CH2Cl2
RT, 20 h, 47% (2 steps)
"95 % yield based on the alkene."
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Sealed tube
PhH
90 °C, 5 h, 55%
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BF3.OEt2
PhMe
-78 °C, 85 min, 59%
"The product was separated from the resulting three diastereoisomers."
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SnCl4
PhH
RT, , 73%
"The enantiomers were resolved with (+)- and (-)-phenylethylamine."
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PhH
RT, 2-3 weeks, 93%
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PhMe
90 °C, 24 h, 88%
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CCl4
Reflux, 2 h, 100%
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PhMe
Reflux, 60 min, 92%
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Maleic anhydride
PhH
80 °C, 12 h, 98%
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SnCl4
MeCN
RT, 24 h
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i-Pr2NLi
THF
-78 to 0 °C, 3 h, 88%
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µW
PhMe
2.5 h, 97%
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DEAD, I2
THF
4.4%
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Pyrrolidine
MeOH
60 °C, 4.5 h, 78%
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98-105 °C, 120 h, 61%
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PhMe
300 °C, 8 h, 23%
"The yield was 76 % brsm."
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PhMe
250 °C, 22 h, 44%
"Also isolate was the C14-epimer (24 % yield)."
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1,3-Butadiene
Dioxane
85-87 °C, 72 h, 66%
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1,3-Butadiene
PhMe
"No yield given."
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BHT
PhMe
120 °C, 24 h, 92%
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RT, 30 h, 97%
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Acrolein
H2O, MeCN
RT, 14 h
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Et3N
Decalin
235-240 °C, 24 h, 55%
"The yield was 70 % brsm. Also isolated was the C2-epimer (14 % yield)."
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MgI2
µW
PhMe
150 °C, 3 h, 95%
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Sealed tube
PhH
185-200 °C, 4 h, 99%
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PhNEt2
Reflux, 60 min, 100%
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KOt-Bu
Sealed tube
THF
80 °C, 3.5 h, 64%
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NH3
CH2Cl2
0 °C to RT, 60 min, 47% (2 steps)
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H2O
DMSO
155 °C, 3.5 h, 86%
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80-85 °C, 24 h, 36%
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Sealed tube
Mesitylene
160 °C, 72 h, 85%
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n-Pr4N+ IO4-
CHCl3
0 °C, , 57%
"Also isolated was the C-4a epimer (31 %)"
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ZnCl2
THF
-80 °C to RT, 16 h, 51%
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NaOH
MeOH
Reflux, 2 h, 60% (2 steps)
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PhH
Reflux, 2 h, 90%
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Et2O
0 °C, 60 min, 100%
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i-Pr2NEt, Hydroquinone
PhMe
85 °C, 4 h, 21% (2 steps)
"The yield was 27 % brsm."
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Me2AlCl
CH2Cl2
-78 °C, 15 min, 79%
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PhMe
120 °C, 24 h, 91%
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Mesitylene
Reflux, 24 h, 70%
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Ac2O
125 °C, 30 h, 74%
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PhH
RT, 3 h
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110 °C, 3 d, 87%
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Reflux, 48 h, 82%
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PhMe
100 °C, , 30% (2 steps)
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Decane
Reflux, 20 h, 71% (2 steps)
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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
200 °C, 5 h, 67%
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SiO2
THF
-78 °C to RT, 8 h
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i-Pr2NEt, LiCl
MeCN
RT, 12 h, 55%
"Also produced were 2 other diastereomers (20% yield)"
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Et2AlCl, 1,3-Butadiene
CH2Cl2
-78 to -7 °C, 16 h, 56%
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