Tetrahedron

A convenient method for the preparation of aromatic ketones from acyl chlorides and arylzinc bromides using a cobalt catalysis

H Fillon, C Gosmini, J Périchon

Index: Fillon, Hyacinthe; Gosmini, Corinne; Perichon, Jacques Tetrahedron, 2003 , vol. 59, # 41 p. 8199 - 8202

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Abstract

Aromatic ketones are synthesized efficiently via cobalt catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between arylzinc bromides and acid chlorides. Arylzinc bromides prepared chemically via a cobalt catalysis undergo coupling without additional catalyst unlike their electrochemical analogs.