ABSTRACT

Used in the production of a wide number of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction represents a synthetic process of great interest to organic chemists of academia and industry. Nearly 40 years since the last major treatise on the topic and reflecting the growing emphasis on green technology, Advances in Friedel-Cr

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction and scope

chapter 2|24 pages

Stoichiometric acylations

chapter 3|32 pages

Catalytic homogeneous acylations

chapter 4|90 pages

Catalytic heterogeneous acylations

chapter 6|4 pages

Concluding remarks-future outlook