Simple and efficient procedure for the friedel-crafts acylation of aromatic compounds with carboxylic acids in the presence of P2O5/AL2O3 under heterogeneous conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2702-2722

  Hajipour, Abdol R ^a,b   Zarei, Amin ^c   Khazdooz, Leila ^b   Ruoho, Arnold E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Friedel Crafts; P2O5 Al2O3.

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE;

ARTICLE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650290044     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802663436     Document Type: Article

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