Tetsuzo Kato, H. Kimura
Apr 5, 1979
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Chemistry Letters
Abstract
Refluxing of ethyl 3-oxobutanoate (1) in benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride gave ethylbenzene (4), 9,10-dimethylanthracene (5), 3-phenylbutanoic acid (7), and 3-methyl-1-indanone (9). Similar reaction of ethyl 4-bromo-3-oxobutanoate (2) yielded 4, 5, 4-bromo-3-oxobutanoic acid (3), 3,4-diphenylbutanoic acid (8), and 3-phenyl-1-tetralone (10).