Evaluation of TCS/ZnCl2 with acetic anhydride as an acetylating reagent for methylene ketones

TK Khatab, SS Elmorsy, DS Badawy

Index: Elmorsy, Saad S.; Badawy, Doria S.; Khatab, Tamer K. Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2005 , vol. 180, # 1 p. 109 - 116

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Abstract

Abstract A new route for the preparation of β-diketones which have applications in organic synthesis by the reaction of methylene ketones, acetic anhydride, TCS and ZnCl 2 in the solvent methylene chloride at room temperature produces the corresponding β-diketones in excellent yield.