Title: Erbium Triflate a Very Powerful Catalyst
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Author(s): Renato Dalpozzo, Antonio De Nino, Monica Nardi and Antonio Procopio
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Keywords:
Erbium triflate, Lewis acid, Epoxide, Ferrier rearrangement, Catalyst
Abstract: Recently, erbium triflate has found to have a wide application in organic synthesis. Owing to its high oxophilicity, it has been used for reactions involving epoxide ring with applications both in laboratory and industrial organic chemistry. Moreover, it easily catalyzes the Ferrier rearrangement of glycals, the cleavage of protecting groups, the synthesis of imines and Diels Alder reactions.