Volume 19, Issue 8 pp. 811-813
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Novel Synthesis of α-Diketones from Bisbenzimidazolium Salt and Grignard Reagents

Zhen Shi

Zhen Shi

Department of Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi 'an, Shaanxi 710069, China

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Lin-Gang Lu

Lin-Gang Lu

Department of Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi 'an, Shaanxi 710069, China

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Bing-Qin Yang

Bing-Qin Yang

Department of Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi 'an, Shaanxi 710069, China

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Yuan Guo

Yuan Guo

Department of Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi 'an, Shaanxi 710069, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 2

Abstract

The reaction of bisbenzimidazolium salt with Grignard reagents and a new synthetic method of a-diketones from bis-benzimidazolium salt and Grignard reagents are reported. The structures of all a-diketones are characterized by elemental analyses, infrared spectroscopy and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The influences of the various Grignard reagents on the yield of a-diketones and the mechanism are discussed, and a new convenient synthetic method for a-diketones is provided.

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