A convenient method for converting hydroxyacetophenones into their ethylene or trimethylene acetals

Synthesis

Volumn , Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1318-1322

  Ono, Fumiaki ^a   Takenaka, Hirotaka ^a   Fujikawa, Toshikazu ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Sato, Tsuneo ^a  

^a KURASHIKI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetal; Cerium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate; Hydroxyacetophenone; Lewis acid; Protecting group

Indexed keywords

ACETAL; CATALYTIC AMOUNTS; ETHYLENE ACETAL; HYDROXYACETOPHENONE; HYDROXYACETOPHENONES; LEWIS ACID; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; PROTECTING GROUP; TRIMETHYLENE;

ACIDS; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; KETONES;

CERIUM;

ACETAL; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CERIUM; ETHYLENE; LEWIS ACID; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID;

ACETALIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67650021187     PISSN: 00397881     EISSN: 1437210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088025     Document Type: Article

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