Treatment of O-benzyl protected S-glucosyl phosphorothioates with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene in the presence of iodine or boron trifluoride etherate led to appropriate aryl C-Dglucosides. The reaction of O-benzyl and O-acetyl-protected phosphorothioates of monosaccharides with allyltrimethylsilane, using boron trifluoride etherate as activator, gave mainly or exclusively, the corresponding 3-(α-Dg...

An efficient method for the synthesis of 2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyrans has been developed from the reaction of aldehydes and ethyl 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl/hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)-5-methylhex-4-enoate using (3,5)-oxonium-ene reaction promoted by boron trifluoride etherate in good yields under mild conditions.

An efficient methodology for the synthesis of oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonenes and substituted tetrahydropyrans has been developed in moderate yields from the reaction of geraniol with aldehydes and epoxides promoted by boron trifluoride etherate.

Highly crystalline oligopyrene nanowires have been prepared by template-assisted electropolymerization of pyrene in boron trifluoride diethyl etherate medium, which can emit strong blue, green or red fluorescence as excited at 405, 488 or 543 nm, respectively.

The Pechmann reaction of substituted phenols 1a-e with methyl acetoacetate (2) can be activated by boron trifluoride dihydrate (3) to give the corresponding 4-methyl- coumarin derivatives 4a-e in excellent yield (98-99 %).

The reactions of aromatic aldehydes with ketones in the presence of various acids were examined. The reactions generate (E)-1-aryl-1-alkenes in the presence of boron trifluoride diethyl etherate in nonnucleophilic solvents.

Highly efficient method for the preparation of N-tert-butyl amides by reaction of nitriles with tertbutylacetateis described using boron trifluoride etherate in solvent free condition. Selective amidation ofbenzonitrile in the presence of acetonitrile was also achieved.

structurally different trimethyl silyl ethers are oxidized with bu4/nio4 in the presence of alcl3 and bf3 as catalysts in ch3cn and chcl3 under reflux conditions. the corresponding carbonyl compounds are isolated in good yields.

Condensation of 2H-benzo[g][1,2]oxasilocines with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of boron trifluoride affords mixtures of cis/trans 2-phenyl-3-vinylchromans with moderate yields. These can be transformed into homopterocarpans, a synthetic group of substances homologous to the natural isoflavonoid pterocarpans.