Unexpectedly high activity of Zn(OTf)2·6H2O in catalytic Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-264

  He, Fei ^a   Wu, Huayue ^a   Chen, Jiuxi ^a   Su, Weike ^a,b  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Friedel Crafts acylation; High activity; Zn(OTf)2 6H 2O

Indexed keywords

2 4 METHYLBENZOYLTHIOPHENE; 2 ACETYLFURAN; 2 ACETYLTHIOPHENE; 2 BUTYRYLFURAN; 2 METHYL 4 METHOXYLACETOPHENONE; 2 METHYL 4 METHOXYLBENZOYLPHENONE; 2 PROPIONYLTHIOPHENE; 3 METHYL 4 METHOXYBENZOYLPHENONE; 3 METHYL 4 METHOXYLACETOPHENONE; 4 METHYLBENZOYLFURAN; 5 BROMO 2 ACETYLTHIOPHENE; 5 CHLORO 2 ACETYLTHIOPHENE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXAAQUA ZINC TRIFLATE; N METHYL 2 (ALPHA PHENYL)ACETYLPYRROLE; N METHYL 2 ACETYLPYRROLE; N METHYL 2 BENZOYLPYRROLE; N METHYL 2 OCTADECANOYLPYRROLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION;

EID: 38349157090     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701750292     Document Type: Article

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