Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylation and chloroalkylation of 5-aryl-1, 1, 1-trifluoropentan-2-ones. A route to (trifluoromethyl) dihydronaphthalenes and ( …

D Bonnet-Delpon, M Charpentier-Morize…

Index: Bonnet-Delpon, D.; Charpentier-Morize, M.; Jacquot, R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 53, # 4 p. 759 - 762

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Abstract

The Friedel-Crafts cyclization of y-aryl ketones 1 generally yields 1-substituted 3, 4- dihydronaphthalenes 2,'although the product from 5-phenylpentan-2-one (la),(Rl, Rz= H, R3= CH,) disproportionates under cyclization conditions to a 1: l mixture of 1- methylnaphthalene and