Meldrum's acids as acylating agents in the catalytic intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction

E Fillion, D Fishlock, A Wilsily…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 70, # 4 p. 1316 - 1327

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Citation Number: 141

Abstract

... Journal of ... J. Org. ... The intramolecular Friedel−Crafts acylation is the most powerful carbon−carbon forming reaction in synthetic organic chemistry for the synthesis of benzocyclic ketones, which comprise 1-indanones, 1-tetralones, 1-benzosuberones, and related compounds. ...