title: Specific and chemoselective multi-alpha-arylation reaction of benzoylformic acid with or without decarbonylation in P(2)O(5)-MsOH and related acidic media
abstract: In P(2)O(5)-MsOH, or related acidic media, benzoylformic acid (1) undergoes three types of di- or mono-alpha-arylation reactions with or without decarbonylation ((1) decarbonylative alpha, alpha-diarylation, yielding triarylmethanols 6, (2) decarbonylative alpha-monoarylation, giving benzophenone derivatives 7, and (3) alpha,alpha-diarylation without decarbonylation, affording diarylated carboxylic acids 5) and one simple decarbonylation, without arylation, to form benzoic acid (8), instead of the conventional Friedel-Crafts acylation type reaction. The product ratios are governed by the capability of the acidic medium to form mixed anhydrides with carboxylic acids and the ability of the arenes to accept electrophiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan, Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuda, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yonezawa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Narushima
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda