New electrochemical synthesis of ketones from organic halides and carbon monoxide

M Oçafrain, M Devaud, M Troupel…

Index: Ocafrain, Maitena; Devaud, Marguerite; Troupel, Michel; Perichon, Jacques Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 22 p. 2331 - 2332

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Abstract

Carbon monoxide can be easily coupled with organic halides in carboalkoxy reactions leading to esters or acids.1 On the other hand the reductive coupling of organic halides with CO yielding ketones or aldehydes is a more difficult reaction which generally needs highly reactive but sensitive species, eg ketones can be readily obtained by using stoichiometric amounts of tetracarbonyl ferrate anions Fe(C0)42- (Collman's reagent1.2). The direct use of CO at normal or ...