Friedel-Crafts Acylation Reactions of BN-Substituted Arenes.

The acylation reaction of BN-arenes has been studied using BN-arene and acyl chloride in good to excellent yields, which led to the first synthesis of indanone BN-analogue. The BN-aromatic ketone products have been characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy with their molecular structures unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The annulation reaction of BN-arenes promoted by AgBF4 occurs in a completely regioselective manner and a mechanism for this transformation is proposed.