Steric acceleration of an uncatalysed ene reaction at room temperature.
The bulky trityl steric buttress is used to effect an intramolecular, uncatalysed ene reaction that operates at room temperature, whilst smaller buttresses require heat.
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Department of Chemistry, School of Physics and Chemistry, UniS, Guildford, Surrey, UK GU2 7XH. p.sammes@surrey.ac.uk
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