Ytterbium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate catalyzed solid phase aza Diels-Alder reaction and subsequent facile adduct release

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01587-7

Ytterbium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate has been demonstrated to catalyze the solid phase aza Diels-Alder reaction of an aldehyde, a diene, and immobilized benzylamine. The [4+2] adducts were cleaved from solid support efficiently using a 'trace-less' re