The chemistry of superacids has developed in the last two decades into a field of growing
interest and importance. Now available in a new expanded second edition, this definitive …

Conspectus Natural product research originates from a desire to explore, understand, and
perturb biological function with atomic precision. To reach these goals at all, let alone …

A novel, one-step synthesis of substituted pyridine-and quinoline-derivatives was achieved
by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of γ-aminoalcohols with secondary alcohols. The …

Neuroactive metabolites from the bark of Galbulimima belgraveana occur in variable
distributions among trees and are not easily accessible through chemical synthesis because …

The electrophilic reactivity of α, β‐unsaturated amides towards weak nucleophiles such as
arenes and cyclohexane, initiated either with triflic acid (CF3SO3H) or with excess AlCl3 …

A Pd/C/Zn mixture with alcohols has been revealed to be an efficient transfer hydrogenation
system to quinolines. Furthermore, the metals mixture is able to activate alcohols as N …

Two‐step dearomative functionalization of naphthols promoted by Lewis acids and copper
(I) catalysis was developed. Initially, Lewis acid complexation inverted the electronic …

BF3⊙ 2CF3CH2OH complex was found to be a very effective superacidic catalyst
comparable in acid strength to at least that of 100% anhydrous sulfuric acid for various acid …

Isomeric 1-and 3-isoquinolinols (11 and 12) when activated in CF3SO3H− SbF5 acid system
undergo selective ionic hydrogenation with cyclohexane to give 5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydro-1 (2 H) …

In superacids HSO3F and CF3SO3H, it has been found that 3-arylindenones are very stable
and exist as a doubly protonated species. NMR showed protonation both at the oxygen of …