Author(s)

Mohammed Al-Masum^*, Tasfia Islam, Grady Clopton

Department of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA.

The direct aroylation of ArCOPdCl with potassium aryltrifluoroborates establishes a new cross-coupling synthetic tool for the synthesis of various fluorine substituted benzophenones. The new microwave irradiated process is very efficient and produce high yield benzophenone products within minutes.

ArBF₃K, Aroyl Chlorides, Direct Aroylation to Ketones, Minute Reaction

Al-Masum, M. , Islam, T. and Clopton, G. (2019) Efficient Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryltrifluoroborates and Aroyl Chlorides for the Synthesis of Fluorine Substituted Aromatic Ketones. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 9, 67-72. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2019.91006.