Methyl ketone is prepared by a sonochemical Barbier reaction of methyl iodide, magnesium powder and aldehyde in Benzene/THF (9/1) solvent in a commercial ultrasonic cleaning bath (39kHz), followed by the addition of N- chlorosuccinimide (NCS) as an oxidizing agent.
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Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society=中國化學會會誌 44(1),頁65-69