Rhodium catalysed addition of boronic acids to anhydrides: a new method for the synthesis of ketones.
The efficient transmetalation from boron to rhodium is exploited in a new synthesis of aryl and alkenyl ketones.
Frost
C G
CG
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK BA2 7AY. c.g.frost@bath.ac.uk
Wadsworth
K J
KJ