Synthesis 2016; 48(24): 4305-4346
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588321
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Ytterbium Triflate Catalyzed Synthesis of Heterocycles

Rajeev Sakhuja
Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India   Email: anilkumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
,
Kasiviswanadharaju Pericherla
Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India   Email: anilkumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
,
Kiran Bajaj
Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India   Email: anilkumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
,
Bharti Khungar
Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India   Email: anilkumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
,
Anil Kumar*
Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India   Email: anilkumar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
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Publication History

Received: 27 April 2016

Accepted after revision: 23 June 2016

Publication Date:
01 December 2016 (online)


Abstract

Ytterbium(III) triflate is an efficient and water-tolerant Lewis acid that has been used as a catalyst for a wide range of organic transformations. Various three-, four-, five-, and six-membered, as well as fused, heterocycles have been synthesized using ytterbium triflate as catalyst in both organic and aqueous solvents. The reaction conditions are relatively mild and the catalyst can be readily recovered from the reaction mixtures to be reused.

1 Introduction

2 Three-Membered Heterocycles

3 Four-Membered Heterocycles

4 Five-Membered Heterocycles

5 Six-Membered Heterocycles

6 Benzo-Fused Heterocycles

7 Non-benzenoid Fused Heterocycles

8 Spiroheterocycles

9 Bridged Heterocycles

10 Conclusion