The Journal of organic chemistry

Dakin-west synthesis of β-aryl ketones

KV Tran, D Bickar

Index: Tran, Khanh-Van; Bickar, David Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 71, # 17 p. 6640 - 6643

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Abstract

Triethylamine and 1-methylimidazole were found to be selective catalysts for the Dakin-West synthesis of diaryl ketones and aryl methyl ketones, respectively. In the 1-methylimidazole- catalyzed reaction, catalysis is due to the simultaneous formation of both an effective acylating agent, 1-acyl-3-methylimidazolium, and a base, carboxylate anion. Hydrocinnamic acid, a compound previously reported to be unreactive under Dakin-West conditions, ...