Gallium dichloro-mediated reductive Friedel-Crafts reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)60971-1

In the presence of gallium dichloride, carbonyl compounds reacted with anisole to give alkylated anisoles in good yields. It was suggested that the adducts were obtained by way of the reduction of the carbonyl compounds followed by the Friedel-Crafts reaction in a one-pot. This is the first organic synthetic method with gallium dichloride, low valent gallium.