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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 40, 2010 - Issue 19
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Original Articles

[Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene: A Tosyloxylating Agent with Selectivity for Ketones in the Reactions with Benzalacetones

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Pages 2875-2879 | Received 04 Jun 2009, Published online: 25 Aug 2010
 

Abstract

The treatment of enolizable ketones containing a conjugated double bond, namely benzalacetones with [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene, leads to regioselective tosyloxylation, thereby giving new compounds (α-tosyloxybenzalacetones).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are thankful to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India, for the award of a university research scholarship to Nitya Sharma and to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, for the award of a senior research fellowship to Pooja Ranjan for carrying out this work. The authors are also thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [01(2186)/07/EMR-II] for financial support.

Notes

a Yields (%) of the products were calculated with respect to the corresponding benzalacetones 1.

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