Synlett 1995; 1995(10): 1045-1046
DOI: 10.1055/s-1995-5178
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Aluminum Reagent as Both a Radical Initiator and a Chelating Agent

Mayumi Nishida1 , Hiroshi Hayashi, Osamu Yonemitsu, Atsushi Nishida2 , Norio Kawahara
  • 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
  • 2Hokkaido Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katsuraoka 7-1, Otaru 047-02, Japan
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

Lewis Acids, such as trialkylaluminum reagents and methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenoxide) (MAD), act as radical initiators as well as chelating agents in diastereoselective radical cyclizations.