title: Novel one-pot vicinal double C-acylation of styrenes and methacrylates by electroreduction.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Electroreduction of styrenes or alkyl methacrylates in the presence of aliphatic acid anhydrides or N-acylimidazoles with an undivided cell equipped with zinc electrodes as the anode and the cathode brought about novel one-pot vicinal double C-acylation to afford the corresponding 1,4-diketones in satisfactory yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1, Kamitomioka-cho, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goda
authors.forename: Ikuzo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishiguchi