The development of efficient Friedel–Crafts alkylations of arenes and heteroarenes using
only catalytic amounts of a Lewis acid has gained much attention over the last decade. The …

The last decade has witnessed a high demand of various synthetic approaches towards
bioactive achiral diarylmethanols, diaryl and triarylmethanes and the molecules derived …

The direct functionalization of aromatic compounds, via Friedel–Crafts alkylation reactions
with alcohols, is one of the cornerstones in organic chemistry. The present emerging area …

Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many
methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated …

A luminescent Zr IV based UiO-66 metal-organic framework (MOF) with sulphonamide
functionality was successfully synthesized using solvothermal method and characterized …

The concept of green chemistry began in the USA in the 1990s. Since the publication of the
12 principles of this concept, many reactions in organic chemistry have been developed …

Electron-rich aromatic and heteroaromatic rings are functionalized directly with a variety of
benzylic alcohols under mild conditions. The reaction is catalyzed by commercially available …

One catalyst fits all! One catalyst is active for a wide set of benzylating reactions (see
scheme). A tandem process allows the use of aldehydes and ketones as benzylating agents …

A simple, iron-based catalytic system allows for the inter-and intramolecular arylation of
unactivated secondary alcohols. This transformation expands the substrate scope beyond …

The partial exchange of tin with the protons of 12-tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) results in a
highly active heterogeneous catalyst for benzylation of arenes with benzyl alcohol as …