Decarboxylative C-H arylation of benzoic acids under radical conditions

Sangwon Seo, Mark Slater, Michael F. Greaney

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Abstract

A decarboxylative radical cyclization reaction has been developed for the synthesis of fluorenones. The reaction uses Ag(I)/K 2S 2O 8 to oxidatively decarboxylate an aroylbenzoic acid to an aryl radical, which undergoes cyclization to afford fluorenone products in good yield.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2650-2653
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume14
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 May 2012

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