title: Steric acceleration of an uncatalysed ene reaction at room temperature.
abstract: The bulky trityl steric buttress is used to effect an intramolecular, uncatalysed ene reaction that operates at room temperature, whilst smaller buttresses require heat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Physics and Chemistry, UniS, Guildford, Surrey, UK GU2 7XH. p.sammes@surrey.ac.uk
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Choony
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Sammes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ward