A highly basic gold catalyst has been shown to mediate the reaction of aromatic C–H bonds with ... of chemical commodities and the synthesis of complex natural products. Although it still ...

oxidation of fused alicyclic compounds with nitric acid, hydrogenation of aromatic tetracarboxylic compounds and other methods. However, these methods have the problem of low yield and the ...

Aromatic ketones have long been valuable intermediates in chemical synthesis, particularly in cross-coupling reactions where different chemical entities are combined to form new compounds.