Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Sep 2014)

(CF3CO)2O/CF3SO3H-mediated synthesis of 1,3-diketones from carboxylic acids and aromatic ketones

  • JungKeun Kim,
  • Elvira Shokova,
  • Victor Tafeenko,
  • Vladimir Kovalev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.10.236
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 2270 – 2278

Abstract

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A very simple and convenient reaction for 1,3-diketone preparation from carboxylic acids and aromatic ketones in TFAA/TfOH system is described. When the β-phenylpropionic acids were used as starting materials, they initially gave 1-indanones and then underwent further acylation with the formation of 2-(β-phenylpropionyl)-1-indanones as the main reaction products. In addition, the application of the proposed protocol allowed for the synthesis of selected polysubstituted pyrazoles in a one-pot procedure directly from acids and ketones.

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