title: Aluminum Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amides: New Highly Efficient and Remarkably Versatile Catalysts for C - C Bond Formation Reactions.
abstract: Superacid-derived aluminum catalysts R(2)AlNTf(2) (2 - 5 mol%) are highly efficient and versatile and are suitable promoters for the allylation and pentadienylation of aldehydes, aldol reactions, aldol cross-coupling of ketones, and Michael additions (several products are shown). Furthermore, they can be converted into chemoselective Lewis acids. Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, CREST Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464 - 8603 (Japan).
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto