Chemistry Letters

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of. ALPHA.-Diketones from Acylchromates, Iodoarenes, and Carbon Monoxide.

H Sakurai, K Tanabe, K Narasaka

Index: Sakurai, Hidehiro; Tanabe, Katsuhiko; Narasaka, Koichi Chemistry Letters, 2000 , # 2 p. 168 - 169

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Abstract

A three-component coupling of tetramethylammonium pentacarbonyl (acyl) chromates, aryl iodides, and CO takes place under CO atmosphere in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd (PPh 3) 4 to afford the corresponding unsymmetrical α-diketones in good yield. By performing the reaction under argon atmosphere, unsymmetrical ketones are prepared instead of α-diketones.