a ENSICAEN, LCMT-UMR 6507 CNRS, Université de Caen, 14050 Caen, France b Laboratoire de Catalyse et de Synthèse en Chimie Organique, Université de Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen, Algeria
Abstract:
The reaction of four α-hydroxyketones 1a-d with a double equivalent of t-butyl acetylacetonate in the presence of KF-alumina under microwave irradiation afforded 6-acetyl-5-hydroxy-3,3-dialkyl-7-methyl isobenzofuran-1(3H)-ones 3a-d.