Trifluoroacetic Acid-Promoted Friedel-Crafts Aromatic Alkylation with Benzyl Alcohols
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Following the 1945 report by Newman on the utility of Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA) as a condensing agent for the acylation of anisole with acetic anhydride [1], TFA has found enormous utility in organic synthesis [1-3].
Author: Gordon W Gribble
Institution: Dartmouth College
Language: English
Subfield: Spectroscopy
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2911290304