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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron Lett. 2008 May 11;49(29-30):4531–4533. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.05.033

Table 1.

Effects of reaction variables on cyclization of 5a to 6a.

Catalysta 25 °C 70 °C
Time
(h)
Yield
(%)
Time
(h)
Yield
(%)
Hf(OTf)4 12 52 1.5 84
Cu(OTf)2 12 <10 3.0 31
In(OTf)3 12 <10 3.0 46
Ce(OTf)4 12 13 1.5 51
InCl3 12 <10 3.0 94
BiOClO4 12 <10 6.0 <10
ZnCl4 12 <10 6.0 <10
MSA 12 <10 3.0 80
a

The molar ratio of the catalyst used was 5% of 5a. MSA = methanesulfonic acid.