Light/Palladium‐Promoted Benzylic C−H Acylation Using a Benzoyl Group as the Photo‐Directing Group |
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| Authors: | Yusuke Masuda Naoki Ishida Masahiro Murakami |
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| Abstract: | 2‐Methylphenyl ketones undergo site‐selective acylation at the benzylic position when treated with acid anhydride under UV irradiation in the presence of a palladium catalyst. The benzoyl carbonyl group serves as the photo‐directing group so that the ortho benzylic C?H bond is activated site‐selectively. |
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| Keywords: | acylation C− H activation directing group palladium photoreaction |
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