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.

This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit: