A highly efficient friedel-crafts reaction of tertiary α- hydroxyesters or α-hydroxyketones to α-quaternary esters or ketones

  • Long Chen
  • , Jian Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A catalytic Friedel-Crafts arylation of α-hydroxyesters or α-hydroxyketones with electron-rich aromatic compounds to furnish α-quaternary esters/ketones has been developed. The cheap and easy to handle catalyst HClO 4 (70 %, aq) was identified as a powerful catalyst for this arylation reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2510-2515
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2012

Keywords

  • Friedel-Crafts reaction
  • alcohols
  • heterocycles
  • homogeneous catalysis
  • ketones

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