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Abstract A process for the preparation of arylperfluoroalkyl ketones of the general formula I (I), wherein R1 to R5 represent at least one of the substituents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio and perfluorinated alkyl, each having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is an integer from 1 to 6, which comprises reacting an aryl carbonyl compound having the general formula II (II), wherein R1 to R5 have the above-mentioned meaning and X as a monovalent moiety represents fluorine, chlorine or bromine and as a bivalent moiety the oxygen atom of an anhydride bridge, with a perfluoroalkyl halide of the general formula CnF2n+1-Hal (III), wherein Hal represents chlorine, bromine or iodine and n is an integer from 1 to 6, in the presence of a trisdialkyl amide of phosphorous acid of the general formula P[N(alkyl)2]3 (IV). |