%0 Journal Article %@ 0040-4039 %A Chu, Q %A Zhang, W %A Curran, DP %D 2006 %F pittir:18586 %J Tetrahedron Letters %N 52 %P 9287 - 9290 %T A recyclable fluorous organocatalyst for Diels-Alder reactions %U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/18586/ %V 47 %X Chiral fluorous imidazolidinone catalyst 2 provides consistently high enantioselectivities in Diels-Alder reactions of dienes and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The catalyst can be readily separated from the reaction products by fluorous solid-phase extraction, and recovered in excellent purity for direct reuse. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.