title: Four acid-catalysed dehydration reactions proceed without interference.
abstract: Four acid-catalysed dehydration reactions can proceed in one pot, simultaneously and without interference, to yield one imine, one acetal (or boronic ester), one ester and one alkene, even though many other cross-products could be conceived. This advanced self-sorting behaviour is attributed to different dehydration rates, brought about by dissimilar electronic properties of starting materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, USA. miljanic@uh.edu.
authors.forename: Rio Carlo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lirag
authors.forename: Ognjen Š
authors.initials: OŠ
authors.lastname: Miljanić
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D014867:Water