Dimethyl ether, with boron trifluoride tetrafluoroborate

Dimethyl ether, with boron trifluoride diethyl etherate and epichloro-hydrin to give trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, 51,142... 

Notable examples of general synthetic procedures in Volume 47 include the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes (from dichloro-methyl methyl ether), aliphatic aldehydes (from alkyl halides and trimethylamine oxide and by oxidation of alcohols using dimethyl sulfoxide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, and pyridinum trifluoro-acetate the latter method is particularly useful since the conditions are so mild), carbethoxycycloalkanones (from sodium hydride, diethyl carbonate, and the cycloalkanone), m-dialkylbenzenes (from the />-isomer by isomerization with hydrogen fluoride and boron trifluoride), and the deamination of amines (by conversion to the nitrosoamide and thermolysis to the ester). Other general methods are represented by the synthesis of 1 J-difluoroolefins (from sodium chlorodifluoroacetate, triphenyl phosphine, and an aldehyde or ketone), the nitration of aromatic rings (with ni-tronium tetrafluoroborate), the reductive methylation of aromatic nitro compounds (with formaldehyde and hydrogen), the synthesis of dialkyl ketones (from carboxylic acids and iron powder), and the preparation of 1-substituted cyclopropanols (from the condensation of a 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol derivative and ethyl-... 

Boron trifluoride, with dimethyl ether and epichloro-hydrin to give trimethyl-oxonium tetrafluoroborate,... 

Lithium tetrafluoroborate in wet acetonitrile has been described as an effective combination for the hydrolysis of acetals under mild weakly acidic conditions. Dithians were unaffected. Methods for the hydrolysis of thioacetals continue to appear. Reagents that have been described include a polystyryl-mercury(n) trifluoroacetate combination, which retains the metal on the resin, lead(iv) dioxide and boron trifluoride etherate, aqueous hydrochloric acid in dioxan containing dimethyl sulphoxide, methyl-bis(methylthio)sulphonium hexa-chloroantimonate, and iodoxybenzene, catalysed by toluene-p-sulphonic acid. Dithioacetals derived from ethane-1,2-dithiol may be cleaved with dimethyl sulphoxide in combination with either t-butyl or trimethylsilyl bromides and iodides. Regeneration of ketones from ethanediyl-S S -acetals via the lithium-di-isopropylamide-promoted fragmentation to the thioketone and subsequent hydrolytic work-up only gives satisfactory yields for aryl methylketone derivatives. Dithioacetal SS-dioxides are rapidly cleaved in hot methanolic hydrochloric acid solution. ... 

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