Prins reaction

Definition: A carbon-carbon coupling between formaldehyde and an alkene to give a 1,3-diol or an allylic alcohol, catalysed by acid.

ID: RXNO:0000048

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Concise synthesis of the tricyclic core of lycoposerramine S
Mark C. Elliott, Nahed N. E. El Sayed and James S. Paine, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008 , 6 , 2611
DOI: 10.1039/b804664f

Prins-type polymerization using ionic liquid hydrogen fluoride salts
Shinsuke Inagi, Yuta Doi, Yuichiro Kishi and Toshio Fuchigami, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 2932
DOI: 10.1039/b902713k

Gold-catalyzed synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles from ε-N-protected propargylic esters
Jianfeng Huang, Xuan Huang and Bo Liu, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010 , 8 , 2697
DOI: 10.1039/c003734f