An Improved Procedure for the Preparation of Acetals from Diaryl Ketones
Andrew Thurkauf, Arthur E. Jacobson, Kenner C. Rice*
*National Institutes of Health, Building 8, Room B122,
Bethesda, MD 20892, USA,
Email: ricek
bdg8.niddk.nih.gov
A. Thurkauf, A. E. Jacobson, K. C. Rice, Synthesis, 1988, 233-234.
DOI: 10.1055/s-1988-27525
Abstract
Acetals of diaryl ketones with nitro, halo and methoxy substituents are easily prepared in high yield by treatment with an alcohol and the corresponding trialkyl orthoformate in the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid.
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ID: J66-Y1988-120
