ChemInform Abstract: A Convenient Synthesis of 1-Phenylheptane-1,5-dione.

✍ Scribed by S. A. HASSARAJANI; B. DHOTARE; A. CHATTOPADHYAY; V. R. MAMDAPUR

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 30 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.199836290

✦ Synopsis

A practical and efficient approach for the synthesis of the title compound (IX), a naturally occurring phenylheptane derivative, involving the Friedel-Crafts acylation of benzene with glutaric anhydride as source of the 1,5-dione functionality is accomplished.