Chemistry Letters

A new synthetic method for methyl ketones from carboxylic acids using metallic strontium and methyl iodide

N Miyoshi, T Matsuo, M Asaoka, A Matsui, M Wada

Index: Miyoshi, Norikazu; Matsuo, Tsuyoshi; Asaoka, Masashi; Matsui, Aki; Wada, Makoto Chemistry Letters, 2007 , vol. 36, # 1 p. 28 - 29

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Abstract

Norikazu Miyoshi,Ã Tsuyoshi Matsuo, Masashi Asaoka, Aki Matsui, and Makoto Wada Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, 1-1 Minamijosanjima, Tokushima 770-8502 ... (Received September 20, 2006; CL-061094; E-mail: miyoshi@ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp) ... Carboxylic acids reacted with metallic strontium and methyl iodide to give methyl ketones preferentially in moderate to good yields.