@article{89e9134f330947b1b5c4f58cd2c12e77,
title = "Formic acid oxidatively cleaves 1,2,3,4-tetraaryl-2-butene-1,4-diones to 1,2-diaryl-1,2-ethanediones under microwave irradiation",
abstract = "Formic acid oxidatively cleaves 1,2,3,4-tetraaryl-2-butene-1,4-diones (1,2-aroylstilbenes) to 1,2-diaryl-1,2-ethanediones (benzils) under microwave irradiation. Mechanistic probing revealed that formic acid incorporates one of its oxygen atoms into benzil.",
keywords = "Benzil, Diaroylstilbene, Formic acid, Microwave, Oxidation",
author = "Rao, {H. Surya Prakash} and S. Jothilingam and K. Vasantham and Scheeren, {Hans W.}",
note = "Funding Information: H.S.P.R. thanks the UGC-SAP, DST-FIST programs, UGC and CSIR, India, for financial support. S.J. and K.V. thank CSIR for a fellowship. We thank Professors A. Srikrishna and G. Nagendrappa for the spectral data and helpful discussions. ",
year = "2007",
month = jun,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.05.004",
language = "English",
volume = "48",
pages = "4495--4497",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
number = "26",
}