S4N4·SbCl5 complex: A useful reagent for conversion of sterically less hindered α-bromo ketones to α-chloro ketones

✍ Scribed by Kil-Joong Kim; Kyongtae Kim

• Book ID: 104257210
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(97)00850-2

✦ Synopsis

The reactions of sterically less hindered ~z-bromo alkyl and aryl ketones with tetrasulfur tetranitride.antimony pentachloride (S4N4"SbCIj) complex in toluene at reflux gave the corresponding a'-chloro ketones in good to excellent yields.