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A variety of aryl bromides have been treated with Mg and then chloral, followed by tBuOCl and subsequently alcohols or amines to produce the corresponding aromatic esters or amides in good yields via the formation of aryl trichloromethyl ketones as intermediates. These reactions are examples of a transition‐metal‐free one‐pot preparation of aromatic esters and amides from aryl bromides.

A novel environmentally benign method for the preparation of various aromatic ketones includes a simple experimental procedure and transition‐metal‐free conditions.

Various aromatic or aliphatic ketones are obtained in a transition‐metal‐free one‐pot reaction of aromatic or aliphatic halides and aldehydes with DIH via Grignard reagents.