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 …

As a privileged class of heterocyclic compounds N-heteroarenes have found enormous
applications in many areas including medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry and drug …

Reactions of 3-(furan-2-yl) propenoic acids and their esters with arenes in Brønsted
superacid TfOH affords products of hydroarylation of the carbon–carbon double bond, 3-aryl …

Reactions of linear conjugated dienone structures ArCHCHCHCHC (O) X, 1, 5-diarylpenta-
2, 4-dien-1-ones (X= Ar′), 5-phenylpenta-2, 4-dienoic acid (Ar= Ph, X= OH) and its methyl …

4-Aryl-1, 1, 1-trifluorobut-3-en-2-ones ArCHCHCOCF3 (CF3-enones) react with arenes in
excess of Brønsted superacids (TfOH, FSO3H) to give, stereoselectively, trans-1, 3-diaryl-1 …

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 …

Superelectrophilic activation of α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and their isoelectronic
analogs, proceeding normally under superacidic conditions, have led to a great variety of …

A concise synthesis of the tetracyclic core (ABCE rings) of daphenylline has been
accomplished involving a benzobicyclo [3.3. 1] lactam as the key intermediate. This bridged …

Cyclization of aryl vinyl ketones into 1-indanones was previously known to proceed only in
drastic acidic or superacidic conditions due to the necessity of dicationic, superelectrophilic …

Reactions of 5, 5, 5-trichloropent-3-en-2-one Cl3CCH= CHC (= O) Me with arenes in
Brønsted superacid CF3SO3H at room temperature for 2 h–5 days afford 3-methyl-1 …