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Reaction of 2-chloromethylbenzimidazoles with acetylacetone and benzoylacetone. Basic breakdown ofβ-diketones

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Base treatment of the products of alkylation ofβ-diketones by 2-chloromethylbenzimidazole under phase transfer catalysis (PTC) conditions causes loss of the acetyl group and formation of methylethyl- or ethylphenyl ketones.

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Rostov State University, Rostov-on Don 344090. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1067–1071, August, 1996. Original article submitted March 25, 1996.

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Popov, I.I. Reaction of 2-chloromethylbenzimidazoles with acetylacetone and benzoylacetone. Basic breakdown ofβ-diketones. Chem Heterocycl Compd 32, 918–922 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176967

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