@article{discovery1473231, number = {34}, pages = {7544--7549}, journal = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry}, title = {HBF4-Catalysed Nucleophilic Substitutions of Propargylic Alcohols}, year = {2015}, note = {{\copyright} 2015 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH \& Co. KGaA. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.}, month = {December}, volume = {2015}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501249}, abstract = {The activity of HBF4 (aqueous solution) as a catalyst in propargylation reactions is presented. Diverse types of nucleophiles were employed in order to form new C-O, C-N and C-C bonds in technical acetone and in air. Good to excellent yields and good chemoselectivities were obtained using low acid loading (typically 1 mol-\%) under simple reaction conditions.}, issn = {1434-193X}, author = {Barreiro, E and Sanz-Vidal, A and Tan, E and Lau, S-H and Sheppard, TD and Diez-Gonzalez, S}, keywords = {Propargylic alcohols, Bronsted acid, Nucleophilic substitution, Friedel-Crafts reaction, Homogeneous catalysis} }