Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20772088).
Mn(III)-Cl formed by the reaction of Mn(OAc)3 and hydrochloric acid in situ, reacted with α,β-unsaturated ketones readily to afford α,β-dichloroketones in good yields under mild conditions. The products are ke...
Project supported by tile National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20772088).Acknowledgements We would like to thank good suggestions from Ma, Dawei of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
A new and efficient way was developed to carry out the reaction of acetylacetone with aryl iodides under the assistance of Cu(II) and 1, 1'-trimethylene-2,2'-biimidazole at 100℃. 3-Aryl-2,4-pentanediones were obt...