Synthetic Antiviral Agents. I. 4-Arylmethyl-4-aryl-5-oxohexanoic Acids and Certain of Their Derivatives*, 1

EJ CRAGOE Jr, AM Pietruszkiewicz

Index: Cragoe; Pietruszkiewicz Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1957 , vol. 22, p. 1338,1341

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Abstract

A number of~ arylmethyl-4aryl-5-oxohexanoic acids were prepared by the following series of reactions: Various arylacetones were condensed with certain arylmethyl halides to give the corresponding 3, 4-diphenyl-2-butanones. Cyanoethylation Droduced the 4-arylmethyl-4-