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Chapter 3 723. Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> Substrates.3.1. Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> Ketones.Ketones are <strong>the</strong> start<strong>in</strong>g materials for <strong>antifungal</strong> <strong>agents</strong> like bifonazole<strong>and</strong> also for antitumor <strong>agents</strong> such as 18 (Menar<strong>in</strong>i's compounds).3.1.1. Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> Ketones 25a-f by Friedel-Crafts Acylation-Start<strong>in</strong>g Materials for fur<strong>the</strong>r studies on Bifonazole.Benzophenones are ideal precursors for bifonazole <strong>and</strong> its analogues.Unfortunately <strong>the</strong>y are not commercially available, with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong>benzophenone itself.Friedel-Crafts acylation 1,2 is <strong>the</strong> most important method for <strong>the</strong>preparation <strong>of</strong> aryl ketones.The re<strong>agents</strong> usually employed are acyl halides,carboxylic acids, anhydrides, or ketenes 3 . The general scheme <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>reaction is shown <strong>in</strong> scheme 3.1.ROXR'+ RLewis acidR = Alkyl, Aryl.R' = Alkyl, Aryl, Hydroxy, Alkoxy, HalidesX = I, Br, Cl, F.OR'Scheme 3.1: Friedel-Crafts acylation, general scheme.R may constitute ei<strong>the</strong>r an aryl or an alkyl group. S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> RCO groupis deactivat<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong> reaction stops cleanly after one group is <strong>in</strong>troduced. Allfour acyl halides can be used, although chlorides are <strong>the</strong> most commonlyemployed, <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> reactivity is usually I>Br>Cl>F 4 . Catalysts areLewis acids such as AlBr 3 , AlCl 3 , GaCl 3 , FeCl 3 , SnCl 4 , BCl 3 . For <strong>the</strong>acylation a little more than 1 mole <strong>of</strong> catalyst is required per mole <strong>of</strong>reagent, because <strong>the</strong> first mole is coord<strong>in</strong>ated to <strong>the</strong> oxygen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>reagent 5,6 .

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