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. 2016 Apr 27;12:813–824. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.12.80

Table 4.

Time dependency of domino aldol reactions in the presence of various metal chlorides (reaction temperature: 25 °C, 5a/6a in %).

Entry Time AlCl3 GaCl3 InCl3 ZrCl4 SnCl4

5a 6a 5a 6a 5a 6a 5a 6a 5a 6a

1 10 min 34 14 15 70 56 9 23 26 15 (20)a 40
2 30 min 39 11 22 61 60 10 21 20 21 (19)a 18
3 60 min 48 10 42 40 68 10 43 16 34 (29)a 17
4 120 min 66 8 70 19 87 - 68 22 36 (29)a 22
5 1 day 73 3 67 6
6 5 days 75 5 64 5

aSecond diastereomer.