Catalysts
Indium Complexes of Fluorinated Dialkoxy-Diimino Salen-like Ligands for Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide: How Does Indium Compare to Aluminum?
Mickael Normand, Evgeny Kirillov*, Thierry Roisnel, and Jean-François Carpentier*
DOI: 10.1021/om200906e
Publication Date (Web): December 6, 2011
Copyright ©2011 American Chemical Society
Indium and gallium compounds in the oxidation state (III) can be used as Lewis acids in organic transformation reactions. Recently, additional research has been conducted into the lower oxidation states.
A small sample of the type of reactions that have been enabled by indium- and gallium-based catalysts over the last few years are:
- Selective C-C bond formation
- Allylation of carbonyl compounds and imine derivatives – these are important intermediate steps in the synthesis of natural products and other fine chemicals
- Friedel-Crafts acylation of aromatics
- Addition of pyrroles to isatins
- Preparation of chiral amines
- Ring-opening polymerization reactions
- Selective Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes
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