Friedel−Crafts Acylation with Amides

Friedel−Crafts Acylation with Amides
Erum K. Raja,† Daniel J. DeSchepper,† Sten O. Nilsson Lill,‡ and Douglas A. Klumpp*,† 

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo300922p 

This paper describes used of activated amides as Friedel-Crafts acylation substrates, presumably going through a dicationic intermediates.