Cooperative Al(Salen)-Pyridinium Catalysts for the Asymmetric Synthesis of trans-Configured β-Lactones by [2+2]-Cyclocondensation of Acylbromides and Aldehydes Investigation of Pyridinium Substituent Effects.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 7121-7150; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Cooperative Al(Salen)-Pyridinium Catalysts for the Asymmetric Synthesis of trans-Configured β-Lactones by [2+2]-Cyclocondensation of Acylbromides and Aldehydes: Investigation of Pyridinium Substituent Effects Patrick Meier 1,2, Florian Broghammer 1, Katja Latendorf 1, Guntram Rauhut 2 and René Peters 1,* 1 Institut für Organische Chemie, Universit?t Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany; E-Mails: meier@theochem.uni-stuttgart.de (P.M.); florian.brogha