Amine and Titanium (IV) Chloride, Boron (III) Chloride or Zirconium (IV) Chloride-Promoted Baylis-Hillman Reactions
The Baylis-Hillman reactions of various aryl aldehydes with methyl vinyl ketone at temperatures below -20oC using Lewis acids such as titanium (IV) chloride, boron (III) chloride Money Box or zirconium (IV) chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of selected amines used as a Lewis bases afford the chlorinated compounds 1 as the major product