Madhusudhan V. Paradkar, Anup A. Ranade, Madhuri S. Kulkarni, Himanshu M. Godbole and Augustine R. Joseph
A convenient method for the synthesis of 3-arylphthalides (3a–q) involving condensation of phthalaldehydic acids (1a,b) with aromatic substrates (2a–k) in the presence of TFA is described.