In the presence of triphenylphosphine, copper(II) chloride can catalyze an intermolecular ortho-acylation reaction of phenols with aryl aldehydes. The reaction proceeds smoothly with a wide range of starting materials, and furthermore, it can be used to synthesize xanthone derivatives in a single step in high yields.

A mild, practical and efficient palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative ortho-acylation of O-methyl ketoximes with α-keto acids via C-H bond activation is described. In these reactions, a broad range of O-methyl ketoximes and α-keto acids undergoes the decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions with high selectivities and good tolerance.

Catalysis with phosphorus P(III) compo­unds (phosphorus trichloride and phospho­rous acid) in the acylation of aniline 3=hydroxy=2=naphthoic acid various media (toluene, octane, chlorobenzene, para=­xylene, ortho=xylene, ortho=chlorotoluene, mesitylene, pseudocumene, n.=deсan, ortho= di­chlo­ro­benzene, mixtures ortho=xylene nitrobenzene) upon boiling vigorous distillation water leads to format...

Aryl ketones are important structural motifs found in natural products, medicinally relevantmolecules, and functionalmaterials. In particular, 1,2-diacylbenzenes are known to be crucial synthetic precursors to construct a wide range of biologically active compounds including phthalazines, phthalimidines, isobenzofuranes, indanones, isoindoles, and isoindolines. These facts have led to increasin...

A recently introduced new SPS resin, possessing a 2-(ortho-nitrophenyl)ethanal linker, was used for the regioselective on-resin synthesis of N-mono-hydroxylated and N-mono-methylated polyamine spider toxins of Agelenopsis aperta and Larinioides folium. The polyamine backbones of the target compounds were efficiently constructed from the center by reductive amination of the aldehyde linker, foll...