Unusual Friedel-Crafts reactions. Part 8. Synthesis of 2-hydroxyarylglyoxylic acids via ortho-specific oxaloylation of phenols with oxalyl chloride
Abstract
2-Hydroxyarylglyoxylic acids (6) are readily prepared from the bromomagnesium salts of phenols (2) and oxalyl chloride (3) in toluene at room temperature. This procedure bypasses some of the inherent difficulties in the conventional Friedel–Crafts acylation procedures.