Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006-05-26

Microwave-assisted one-pot synthesis of 1-indanones from arenes and alpha,beta-unsaturated acyl chlorides.

Wei Yin, Yuan Ma, Jiaxi Xu, Yufen Zhao

Index: J. Org. Chem. 71(11) , 4312-4315, (2006)

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Abstract

A series of 1-indanones were synthesized in good yields via tandem Friedel-Crafts acylation and Nazarov cyclization of arenes and alpha,beta-unsaturated acyl chlorides in the presence of aluminum chloride under microwave irradiation.