Kendall-Mattox Reaction

V. R. Mattox, E. C. Kendall, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 882 (1948); 72, 2290 (1950); J. Biol. Chem. 188, 287 (1951); E. C. Kendall, W. F. McGuckin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 74, 5811 (1952).

Formation of a conjugated ketone from an α-bromoketone via a phenylhydrazone or semicarbazone:



C. Djerassi, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 71, 1003 (1949); B. A. Koechlin et al., J. Biol. Chem. 184, 393 (1950); N. L. Wendler et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73, 3818 (1951); J. J. Beereboom et al., ibid. 75, 3500 (1953); C. R. Engel, ibid. 78, 4727 (1956); E. W. Warnhoff, J. Org. Chem. 28, 887 (1963).