Testing the veracity of claims of Lewis acid catalysis

Are reactions employing Lewis acids really catalysed by those Lewis acids, or by “hidden Brønsted acids”, i.e. Brønsted acids generated in situ by hydrolysis? Testing of a series of reactions using Sc(III), Fe(III), In(III) and Y(III) by addition of 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylpyridine reveal that all ar...

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Main Authors: Šolić, Ivan, Lin, Hong Xuan, Bates, Roderick Wayland
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83269
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50080