Tetrahedron

Dehydration of 3-and 4-aryl-substituted 3-hydroxy acids in acetic anhydride in presence of zinc chloride

CP Ivanov, DM Mondeshka

Index: Ivanov,Ch.P.; Mondeshka,D.M. Tetrahedron, 1973 ,  vol. 29, p. 1745 - 1750            

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Abstract

The reaction of several di-and triaryl-substituted 3-aryl-3-hydroxy acids and a 4-aryl-3- hydroxy acid in acetic anhydride in the presence of anhydrous zinc chloride has been investigated. It has been shown that the reaction discovered with 3-(2′-thienyl)-substituted 3-hydroxy acids, namely, their conversion under the above stated conditions into α, β- unsaturated methyl ketones, 1, 2 occurs also with 3-aryl 3-hydroxy acids but to a smaller ...