We detail our efforts toward the selective detection of cyclic ketones, e.g. cyclohexanone, a component of plasticized explosives. Thin films comprised of a conjugated polymer are used to amplify the emission of an emissive receptor via energy transfer. We propose that the energy transfer is dominated by an electron-exchange mechanism to an upper excited state of the fluorophore followed by rel...

A new method for the synthesis of pyran fused coumarins by 3-bromo-4-hydroxycoumarins as cyclic α-halo ketones based on an organocatalyst assisted three-component tandem reaction is investigated. To the best of our knowledge, cyclic α-halo ketones have not yet been used for the synthesis of pyran fused coumarins.

spiro-4- thiazolidinones have been synthesized by the cyclocondensation of phthalazinyl hydrazones with cyclic ketones and substituted mercapto acetic acids. compounds were screened for their antibacterial, antifungal and antihypertensive activity. the combined elemental analyses and spectroscopic data prove the authenticity of the synthesized compounds

Silica sulfuric acid is found to catalyze efficiently the condensation of o-phenylenediamines with various linear and cyclic ketones to afford the corresponding 1,5-benzodiazepines in quantitative yields under solvent-free conditions at room temperature

silica sulfuric acid is found to catalyze efficiently the condensation of o-phenylenediamines with various linear and cyclic ketones to afford the corresponding 1,5-benzodiazepines in quantitative yields under solvent-free conditions at room temperature

A chiral Brønsted acid has been developed from a cationic gold(I) disphosphine complex in the presence of alcoholic solvent and applied to the enantioselective protonation reaction of silyl enol ethers of ketones. Various optically active cyclic ketones were obtained in excellent yields and high enantioselectivities, including cyclic ketones bearing aliphatic substrates at the α-position. Furth...

The first enantioselective organocatalytic α-allylation of cyclic ketones has been accomplished via singly occupied molecular orbital catalysis. Geometrically constrained radical cations, forged from the one-electron oxidation of transiently generated enamines, readily undergo allylic alkylation with a variety of commercially available allyl silanes. A reasonable latitude in both the ketone and...

The first examples of the directed, boron-mediated aldol reaction between different ketones are presented. Transformation of a variety of ketones to their corresponding boron enolates with Chx2BCl/Et3N, followed by reaction with acceptor ketones in diethyl ether, and oxidation of the resultant boron aldolate (H2O2, MeOH/pH 7 buffer), provided the aldol addition products. The reaction was most f...

A straightforward and convenient approach for trifluoromethylthiolation of various acyclic and cyclic ketones with PhNHSCF3 is described. The reaction proceeds smoothly in the presence of acetyl chloride at room temperature and affords α-trifluoromethylthiolated ketones in fair to good yields.

Catalytic synthesis of chiral spirocyclic ketones was accomplished via the Pd-catalyzed intramolecular α-arylation of α-substituted cyclic ketones. The obtained spirocyclic ketone could be converted into a bifunctional organocatalyst.