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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2023 Sep 1;88(18):13135–13141. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01362

Table 1.

Acid screening scope for Friedel-Crafts reactions

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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%
a

Conversion measured by 1H NMR analysis.

b

Isolated yield after silica gel chromatography.