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Erbium(III) chloride in ethyl lactate is used as an environmentally very friendly system for the reaction of furfural and amines to yield diastereoselectively differently N, N -substituted trans -4,5-diaminocyclopent-2-enones as versatile synthetic intermediates to the formation of densely functionalized derivatives.
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