Synthesis of α-diketones from α,β-dihydroxy ketones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919308013776

Treatment of α,β-dihydroxy ketones with carbonyldiimidazole resulted in the formation of α-diketones based on the elimination of the cyclic carbonates formed in situ.

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Synthesis of α-Diketones from
α,β-Dihydroxy Ketones
Suk-Ku Kang a , Dong-Chul Park a , Ho-Sik Rho a
Sang-Man Han a
&
a Department of Chemistry , Sung Kyun Kwan
University , Natural Science Campus, Suwon,
440-746, Korea
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Suk-Ku Kang , Dong-Chul Park , Ho-Sik Rho & Sang-Man Han (1993)
Synthesis of α-Diketones from α,β-Dihydroxy Ketones, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 23:16,
2219-2224, DOI: 10.1080/00397919308013776
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