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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2650-2653 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| State | Published - 18 May 2012 |