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Syntheses of Arylacetone and Arylacetonitrile by Friedel-Crafts Reaction with α-Chloro-α-(methylthio)-substituted Acetone and Acetonitrile
Tamura, Yasumitsu,Choi, Hong Dae,Mizutani, Masako,Ueda, Yuko,Ishibashi, Hiroyuki
, p. 3574 - 3579 (2007/10/02)
Novel preparative methods for arylacetone and arylacetonitrile are described.Friedel-Crafts reactions of aromatic compounds with α-chloro-α-(methylthio)acetone (4) and α-chloro-α-(methylthio)acetonitrile (7) in the presence of Lewis acid afforded α-(methylthio)arylacetone (5) and α-(methylthio)arylacetonitrile (8), respectively.Compounds (5) and (8) were converted into the corresponding arylacetone (6) and arylacetonitrile (9) by reduction with zinc dust in acetic acid.Keywords: Friedel-Crafts reaction with α-chloro-α-(methylthio)acetone; Friedel-Crafts reaction with α-chloro-α-(methylthio)acetonitrile; α-(methylthio)arylacetone; α-(methylthio)arylacetonitrile; arylacetone; arylacetonitrile; reductive desulfurization; zinc dust-acetic acid
