Microwave-Assisted One-Pot Synthesis of 1-Indanones from Arenes and α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Chlorides

A series of 1-indanones were synthesized in good yields via tandem Friedel−Crafts acylation and Nazarov cyclization of arenes and α,β-unsaturated acyl chlorides in the presence of aluminum chloride under microwave irradiation.