Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

N-acylimidazoles-trifluoroacetic acid system as the acylating agent for aromatic hydrocarbons.

T Keumi, H Saga, H Kitajima

Index: Keumi, Takashi; Saga, Hiroshi; Kitajima, Hidehiko Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1980 , vol. 53, # 6 p. 1638 - 1641

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Abstract

N-Benzoylimidazole in trifluoroacetic acid could benzoylate electron-rich aromatic compounds, such as durene, p-dimethoxybenzene, mesitylene, anisole, thiophene, and fluorene, to give the corresponding benzophenone derivatives in good yields. It was further elucidated, in the reaction of fluorene, that N-acylimidazoles composed of a variety of acyl groups also could be used for the ketone synthesis. Therein, the imidazolides of aliphatic ...