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Synthesis 1988; 1988(3): 233-234
DOI: 10.1055/s-1988-27525
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An Improved Procedure for the Preparation of Acetals from Diaryl Ketones

Andrew Thurkauf* , Arthur E. Jacobson, Kenner C. Riee
  • *Section on Drug Design and Synthesis, Laboratory of Neuroscience, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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20 August 2002 (online)

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Acetals of diaryl ketones with nitro, halo and methoxy substituents are easily prepared in high yield by treatment with an alcohol and the corresponding trialkyl orthoformate in the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid.