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Electroreductive acylation of aromatic ketones with acylimidazoles
Kise, Naoki,Agui, Syun,Morimoto, Shinji,Ueda, Nasuo
, p. 9407 - 9410 (2007/10/03)
The intermolecular reductive coupling of aromatic ketones with acylimidazoles was effected by electroreduction in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane and gave α-trimethylsiloxy ketones and esters. The best result was obtained using Bu4NPF6 as a supporting electrolyte and a Pb cathode in THF. The α-trimethylsiloxy-containing products were transformed to the corresponding α-hydroxy ketones and esters by treatment with TBAF in THF. This method was also effective for the intramolecular reductive coupling of δ- and ε-keto acylimidazoles.