Aqueous Ti(IV)-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reaction.docVIP

Molecules 2007, 12, 1674-1678 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 ? 2007 by MDPI /molecules Communication Aqueous Ti(IV)-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reaction Kyle E. Litz Applied Nanoworks, Inc. 9 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA; E-mail: klitz@ Received: 23 July 2007; in revised form: 2 August 2007 / Accepted: 3 August 2007 / Published: 4 August 2007 Abstract: The aqueous Diels-Alder reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene with 1,4-benzoquinone was compared and contrasted to the same reaction catalyzed with Flextyl P?, a novel Ti(IV) performance catalyst. The catalyst improved conver