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
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 02/04/2004 00:00:00 , 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.
