Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.12, 1242-1243, 2001
General and greener route to ketones by palladium-catalyzed direct conversion of carboxylic acids with organoboronic acids
Cross-coupling reaction of carboxylic acids with organoboron compounds catalyzed by palladium complexes in the presence of an activator such as dimethyl dicarbonate under mild conditions gives ketones in excellent yields except for certain substrates.