Abstract An efficient and clean method to construct C [BOND] C bonds has been developed via the acylation reaction of acetanilides with benzylic alcohols using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant catalyzed by palladium acetate in the presence of triflic ...
[Peet, Norton P.; Sunder, Shyam; Barbuch, Robert J.; Whalon, Michael R.; Huber, Edward W.; Huffman, John C. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 26, p. 1611 - 1618]