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Electrophilic aromatic substitution by use of N-tosyliminium ions; elaboration of 3-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines
Bianchi, Darío A.,Kaufman, Teodoro S.
, p. 801 - 804 (2007/10/03)
The elaboration of 3-aryltetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives by electrophilic aromatic substitution of polysubstituted phenols and phenyl ethers with Lewis acid-generated tosyliminium ions is reported.
A tosyliminium ion-based total synthesis of (±)-schefferine
Bianchi,Kaufman
, p. 1165 - 1169 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of the phenolic tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloid (±)-schefferine is reported, featuring as key steps a tosyliminium ion-mediated Friedel-Crafts alkylation of eugenol dimethyl ether and an intramolecular Mitsunobu-type amination.
