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The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of an ester-tethered 1,3,9-decatriene system was significantly accelerated in ionic liquids such as [emim]BF(4), [bmim]BF(4) and [bdmim]BF(4). Under the present conditions, the IMDA reaction proceeded smoothly without the use of Lewis acid catalysts to give cis-fused bicyclic lactones in good yield with high diastereoselectivity.
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