• Highly efficient and reusable catalyst for acetylation of phenols, thiols, amines and alcohols under solvent-free conditions, claimed to be superior to metal triflates: Synlett, 627 (2004).
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Catalyzes the trans-hydrostannylation of acetylenes with Tri-n-butyltin hydride, A13298: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 2405 (1995); J. Org. Chem., 61, 4568 (1996). Allylstannanes also add trans-selectively to acetylenes under similar conditions: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1513 (1996).• For a brief feature on uses of this reagent in synthesis, see: Synlett, 1073 (2003).
• In the presence of ZrCl4, chloromethyl ethers are formed under mild conditions from acid chlorides and trioxane or paraformaldehyde: Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 6317 (2002).
• Lewis acid. Promotes the rearrangement of hydroxy sulfones to ketones: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 2289 (1994).
• Superior catalyst for the Fries rearrangement of aryl acetates, giving the least hindered ortho-acetyl phenol in high yields at ambient temperatures: Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 7659 (1996).