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. ... Potassium 2,4-pentanedionate reacts with diazosulfides (E)-1 and (Z)-2 in DMSO to give 3-aryl-2,4-pentanediones 3 via an S RN 1 process. Advantages and drawbacks of such new access to 3 are reported together with relevant mechanistic implications.
