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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 72, Issue 18, Pages 7046-7049Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jo070952o
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The preparation of indanones by the intramolecular acylation of 3-arylpropanoic acids or halides requires the use of noncatalytic acid promoters. In the presence of 5-10 mol % FeCl3, in situ generated dimethyl acetals of (E)-2-alkylcinnamaldehydes cyclize to 1-methoxy-2-alkyl-1H-indenes in good-to-high yields. The 1-methoxyindenes were converted in high yield into 2-alkylindanones by treatment with triethylamine, to effect isomerization to the isomeric enol ethers, followed by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis. Thus, a catalytic, intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction leading to 2-alkylindanones from 2-alkylcinnamaldehydes was developed.
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