title: A new practical ketone synthesis directly from carboxylic acids: first application of coupling reagents in palladium catalysis.
abstract: A new palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between arylboronic acids and carboxylic acids, activated in situ for the oxidative addition to a tricyclohexylphosphine palladium(0) catalyst by treatment with di(N-succinimidyl) carbonate (DSC) is disclosed, which allows the high-yielding synthesis of various functionalized arylketones under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. goossen@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Goossen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh