Affiliation:
1. Chemistry Department Paderborn University Warburger Strasse 100 33098 Paderborn Germany
2. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Engesserstraße 15 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
Abstract
AbstractA series of substituted ferrocenyl boron derivatives was synthesized. The oxidation of the ferrocenyl unit resulted in a significant increase of the boron‐centered Lewis acidity. The neutral and cationic Lewis acids were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, crystal structure analysis and by computational methods. The new Lewis acids were then applied in the Meinwald rearrangement of epoxides, predominantly furnishing aldehydes as the kinetic products.
Funder
Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
Universität Paderborn