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Synthesis of 1,3-diketones
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Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement
Recent Literature

Mild and Efficient Pentafluorophenylammonium Triflate (PFPAT)-Catalyzed
C-Acylations of Enol Silyl Ethers or Ketene Silyl (Thio)Acetals with Acid
Chlorides
A. Iida, J. Osada, R. Nagase, T. Misaki, Y. Tanabe, Org. Lett., 2007,
9, 1859-1862.

A convenient two-step preparation of alkylidenepyrrolidines is reported.
M. C. Elliot, S. V. Wordingham,
Synthesis, 2006, 1162-1170.

Various 1,3,5-tricarbonyl derivatives were prepared by a mild reaction of
1,3-bis(silyl enol ethers) with acid chlorides. Reactions of both aromatic and
aliphatic acid chlorides and bis(acid chlorides) were conducted.
T. Rahn, V. T. H. Nguyen, T. H. T. Dang, Z. Ahmed, K. Methling, M. Lalk, C.
Fischer, A. Spannenberg, P. Langer, J. Org. Chem., 2007,
72, 1957-1961.
