Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Upgrading ketone synthesis direct from carboxylic acids and organohalides

  • Rehanguli Ruzi,
  • Kai Liu,
  • Chengjian Zhu,
  • Jin Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17224-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Due to their abundance and importance in organic chemistry, development of methods for ketone synthesis is essential. Here, the authors report a photoredox, nickel and phosphoranyl radical synergistic cross-electrophile coupling of aromatic acids and aryl/alkyl bromides to directly synthesise ketones.