Fig. 5: Short step synthesis, regioselective synthesis of acetophenone and application to bioactive molecule synthesis.

a Previous method for 5 f synthesis. b Our method for 5 f synthesis. c Use of 5 f for bioactive molecule synthesis. d Previous method and our method for 5 h synthesis. e Previous method and our method for 5j synthesis. f. Previous method and our method for 8b and 8d synthesis. g Previous method and our method for 10 g synthesis.