Oxidative 1, 2-Aryl Migration of Alkyl Aryl Ketones by Using Diacetoxyphenyliodine : Syntheses of Arylacetate, 2-Arylpropanoate, and 2-Arylsuccinate

Abstract

Oxidative 1, 2-aryl migration of alky aryl ketones (2, 5, and 8) to 2-arylalkanoates (3, 6, and 9) was effected by using diacetoxyphenyliodine (1). The migration was successfully applied to the preparation of the antiinflammatory agents ibuprofen (15) and clidanac (17).