Tetrahedron letters

Direct α-arylation of ketones: The reaction of cyclic ketone enolates with diphenyliodonium triflate

JH Ryan, PJ Stang

Index: Ryan, John H.; Stang, Peter J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1997 , vol. 38, # 28 p. 5061 - 5064

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Diphenyliodonium triflate 1a reacts with the lithium enolates of cyclic ketones 2 (ring size = 5 – 8), in the presence of stoichiometric quantiites of copper cyanide, to afford the corresponding α-phenylated ketones 3 or α,α′-diphenylated ketones 4.