Australian Journal of Chemistry

The synthesis of 1, 4-diketones

S Nimgirawath, E Ritchie, WC Taylor

Index: Nimgirawath,S. et al. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 29, p. 339 - 356

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Abstract

Abstract Recent methods for the synthesis of 1, 4-diketones are briefly reviewed. Zinc and phenacyl bromide in dimethoxyethane afforded 1, 4-diphenylbutane-l, 4-dione in moderate yield, but other solvents or metals examined gave no or a lower yield. The route is unsatisfactoryfor aliphatic 1, 4-diketones. Attempts to use'levulinyl chloride'to acylate olefins or acetylenes were fruitless. Routes involving aldol condensations of hexane-2, 5-dione or ...