In this reaction, AlCl3, AlBr3, AlEtCl2, BF3, and Sc(OTf)3 can be used as the Lewis acid <2002CEJ4292>. Zirconacyclopentadienes react with diethyl ketomalonate in the presence of bismuth(iii) chloride to yield oxacyclohexadienes <2002JA1144>. Use of a variety of aldehydes in this ...
1-Fluoronaphthalene reacts with H2 in the presence of 40% NaOH and catalytic amounts of [Rh(H)Cl2(PCy3)2] to give naphthalene.121 The hydrodefluorination of 4-fluorotoluene, 3-fluoroanisole, and 4-fluoroaniline occurred in the presence of traces of air only. The reactions are presumably ...