%0 Journal Article %T Br nsted acid-surfactant (BAS) catalysed cyclotrimerization of aryl methyl ketone %A Kiran Phatangare %A Vikas Padalkar %A Kaliyappan Murugan %A Atul Chaskar %J Current Chemistry Letters %D 2012 %I Growing Science %X A br nsted acid-surfactant catalysed and simple, mild, metal catalyst free and chemo-selective method has been developed for synthesis of 1, 3, 5-triaryl benzenes from aryl methyl ketones. The advantages of this protocol subsume green and sustainable reaction medium, mild reaction conditions, easy product recovery and its good yields. %K 1 %K 3 %K 5-Triaryl benzenes %K Aryl methyl ketones %K Br nsted acid-surfactant catalyst (BASC) %K Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) %U http://www.growingscience.com/ccl/Vol1/ccl_2012_13.pdf