| Abstract: | The reaction of 2,2-dichloroacetophenone with benzaldehydes was studied under Darzens condensation conditions. Benzaldehyde, p-bromobenzaldehyde, and o,p-dichlorobenzaldehyde condensed with 2,2-dichloroacetophenone to give 1-phenyl-3-aryl-3-chloro-1,2-propanediones. In the case of p-nitrobenzaldehyde, 1-phenyl-2-chloro-3-(p-nitrophenyl)-2,3-epoxy-1-propanone, which is the product of the first step of the Darzens condensation, was isolated.A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 420083 Kazan. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 204–206, January, 1992. |
