Title:Higher Efficiently Conversion of Heterocyclic Aryl Nitroalkenes to Ketones
Volume: 11
Issue: 6
Author(s): Dushu Huang, Jin-Gang Yu, Wei Liu, Yunhui Long and Jing Wang
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Heterocyclic aryl nitroalkenes, Fe-FeCl3-CH3COOH system, ketones, Nef reaction, reductive hydrolysis.
Abstract: Ketones were prepared by a modified Nef reaction using heterocyclic aryl nitroalkenes to react in a Fe-FeCl3-CH3COOH mixture
with higher yield over 50% in sharp contrast with in Fe-HCl mixture with lower yield less than 30%, thus it’s cost-saving and relative
environment friendly.