An efficient methodology for the synthesis of a series of new fused polyclyclic indoles has been developed by Brønsted acid-catalyzed intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reactions of properly designed indolyl alcohols.

We describe asymmetric intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylations with a DNA-based hybrid catalyst and propose a plausible binding model. This study shows promise for studying relationships between the helical chirality of DNA and enantioselectivity of the chemical reaction.

A oligomerização do propeno foi realizada utilizando o complexo dibromo-bis(N,N’difenilpentano-2,4-diimina)niquel(II) como precursor catalítico combinado ao sesquicloreto de etilalumínio (Al2Et3Cl3, EASC) como co-catalisador. A 10 oC, usando o tolueno como solvente, altas frequências de rotação foram obtidas (até 57000 h) com alta seletividade em produtos C6 (até > 99%) e seletividade moderada ...

Chiral squaramides are highly enantioselective catalysts for Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles with N-tosyl imines, affording 3-indolyl methanamine products in 85-96% yields and 84-96% ees.

The Friedel-Crafts reaction with 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H-diazirine and optically active N-TFA-Asp(Cl)-OMe in triflic acid afforded homophenylalanine derivatives without any loss of the optical purity.

the solvent free route for the synthesis of diaryl sulfoxides from arenes and thionyl chloride in the presence of lewis acids such as aluminum chloride and ferric chloride on silica gel are described.

Water-miscible organic co-solvents can be used in DNA-based catalytic asymmetric reactions at appreciable concentration without a negative effect on enantioselectivity. While the rate of the copper(II) Diels-Alder reaction is affected negatively by the presence of organic co-solvents, the copper(II) catalyzed Michael addition and Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction are significantly faster. Addi...

The most widely known electrophilic agents are protic acids and compounds with an electronsextet partial structure. Recent research has aimed at the development of new electrophilic reagents, with greater reactivity on the one hand and higher selectivity on the other, which would largely obviate the addition of Lewis acids (Friedel-Crafts catalysts), and also alIow control of the isomer ratio i...