Azo-substituted aryl ketones are fundamental building blocks which are widely utilized in the field of photochemical materials, biosensors, medicinal chemistry, and food additives.(15) For the synthesis of these compounds, many methodologies have been established to make them via the coupling of diazonium salts with arenes or the oxidation of the corresponding azo-containing secondary alcohols.(16) However, these methodologies suffered from tedious reaction ...
