Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.3, 320-321, 2008
Efficient synthesis of 1-tetralones from 4-arylbutyric acids by combined use of solid acid catalysts and microwave irradiation
Solid acid catalysts such as H-Beta zeolites effectively promote dehydrative intramolecular cyclization of 4-arylbutyric acids under microwave irradiation to give 1-tetralone derivatives in high yields.