Lanthanide Perfluoroalkylsulfonylamide Catalysts for Fluorous Phase Organic Synthesis

Abstract
Lanthanide perfluoroalkylsulfonylamide complexes catalyze the Friedel-Crafts acylation and Diels-Alder reaction more efficiently than AlCl3 and Yb(OTf)3 in benzotrifluoride and hexafluoro-p-xylene.