Conversion of organic carboxylic acid to corresponding ketone with loss of carbon atom

摘要

A method for converting organic carboxylic acid or esters to an organic ketone with the loss of the carboxylic acid carbon atom in which the organic carboxylic acid or its ester is first subjected to a sulfenylation reaction for positioning an -SR group alpha to the carboxylic acid group and then subjecting the sulfenylated product to oxidative decarboxylation.