Table 1.
Entry | Acid | Amt. | Time (h) |
Conversiona | (±)- 6b |
(±)- 3b |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | La(OTf)3 | 20 mol% | 1 | 35% | 10% | 25% |
2 | 24 | 78% | 4% | 52% | ||
3 | Yb(OTf)3 | 20 mol% | 1 | 35% | 10% | 25% |
4 | 24 | 75% | 9% | 47% | ||
5 | MsOH | 10 mol% | 1 | 90% | 41%b | 39% |
6 | 24 | 99% | 0% | 81%b | ||
7 | p-TsOH | 10 mol% | 1 | 78% | 30% | 36% |
8 | 24 | 91% | 8% | 63% |
Conversion measured by 1H NMR analysis.
Isolated yield after silica gel chromatography.