Exploratory and Mechanistic Studies of the Trimerization Reaction of Benzoylacetylenes in the Presence of Secondary Amine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1994.1765

A variety of benzoylacetylenes are trimerized to give the corresponding 1,3,5-tribenzoylbenzenes when heated with a catalytic amount of diethylamine.A large amount of diethylamine gives γ-(diethylamino)propenoylbenzene at the expense of 1,3,5-tribenzoylbe