Sn-Beta zeolite as diastereoselective water-resistant heterogeneous Lewis-acid catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation in the intramolecular carbonyl-ene reaction

Avelino Corma; Michael Renz

doi:10.1039/b313738d

Sn-Beta zeolite as diastereoselective water-resistant heterogeneous Lewis-acid catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation in the intramolecular carbonyl-ene reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Mar 7:(5):550-1. doi: 10.1039/b313738d. Epub 2004 Feb 4.

Authors

Avelino Corma¹, Michael Renz

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 14973602
DOI: 10.1039/b313738d

Abstract

The water-tolerant Lewis acid Sn-Beta isomerises citronellal to isopulegol with high diastereoselectivity working in batch or in fixed bed reactors with very high turnover numbers.