Ng. Kundu et al., A HIGHLY SIMPLIFIED APPROACH FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BETA-ARYL-SUBSTITUTED CONJUGATED ACETYLENIC KETONES MEDIATED THROUGH PALLADIUM COPPER CATALYSIS, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (1), 1995, pp. 4-5
The palladium-copper-catalysed reaction of aryl halides with acetyleni
c alcohols, having a terminal acetylenic group, and subsequent oxidati
on, leads to beta-substituted alpha,beta-acetylenic ketones in good to
excellent yields.