Factors Enhancing the Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds for Polycondensations with Aromatic Hydrocarbons. A Computational Study

Triflic-Acid-Mediated Polycondensation o

Triflic-Acid-Mediated Polycondensation of Carbonyl Compounds with Aromatic Hydrocarbons – A Theoretical Study

✍ Alfredo López Lira; Mikhail G. Zolotukhin; Lioudmila Fomina; Sergei Fomine 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 238 KB

## Abstract Mono‐ and diprotonated reaction intermediates involved in the acid‐catalyzed polyhydroxyalkylation of aldehydes and ketones of the general formula R~1~COR~2,~ (R~1~ = H, CH~3~, CF~3~ and R~2~ = Ph, CH~3~, CF~3~) with benzene and biphenyl, were studied theoretically at PBE0/aug‐cc‐PVTZ//