Geometrical aspects of the activation of ketones by Lewis acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00038a014

The rates of reaction of the TiCl₄ complexes of two diastereomeric 1-(methoxymethyl)-1-propyldecahydronaphthalen-2-ones (1a and 1e) with trimethylsilyl cyanide have been measured for the purpose of determining the preferred complexation geometr