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SUBMITTER: Ramgren SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937967 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramgren Stephen D SD Garg Neil K NK
Organic letters 20140109 3
A simple method for the preparation of aryl methyl ketones is reported. The transformation involves the Pd-catalyzed coupling of an acyl anion equivalent, acetyltrimethylsilane, with aryl bromides to afford the corresponding acetylated arenes in synthetically useful yields. The methodology is tolerant of heterocycles and provides a new method for arene functionalization. ...[more]