Abstract

Abstract In the presence of an active catalyst generated from SiCl4 and AgClO4, the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction between equimolar amounts of aromatic compounds and mixed anhydrides, formed in situ from free carboxylic acids (or their trimethylsilylesters) and p-trifluoromethylbenzoic anhydride, smoothly proceeds at room temperature to afford the corresponding aromatic ketones in high yields.

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