- Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reaction of aryl bromides with 2-hydroxyacetophenones to form flavones.
Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reaction of aryl bromides with 2-hydroxyacetophenones to form flavones.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2012-08-29)
Xiao-Feng Wu, Helfried Neumann, Matthias Beller
PMID22927053
ABSTRACT
Flavone of the month: a general and efficient method for the palladium-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of flavones has been developed. Starting from aryl bromides and 2-hydroxyacetophenones, the corresponding flavones have been isolated in good yields.