α-Arylation of Aryl Ketones: Expanding the Scope of the Truce-Smiles Rearrangement

The Truce-Smiles rearrangement has been applied to the synthesis of substituted α-aryl aryl ketones and the synthetic utility of the products has been demonstrated by the conversion of one of them to the substituted indole 2-(1H-indol-2-yl)phenol.