Progress in the Synthesis of Aroyl Compounds

Aroyl compounds exhibit various biological activities and are important fine chemicals as well.Therefore, their synthetic methods have attracted considerable attention.It is the first time to summarize the synthetic methods of aroyl compounds in the past five to eight years.These reactions can be classified into three parts by their reaction mechanism, namely, coupling reaction catalyzed transition metals, the free radical mechanism and aromylation reactions carried out by other mechanisms.It is expected that inspiration of new synthetic methods will be provided for the synthesis of compounds bear aroyl group in this review.