Aryl substituted diketones and keto-esters, useful as antiviral agents and insecticides, are prepared by reacting an arylalkyl or arylalkenyl iodide with a metal salt of the appropriate diketone or keto-ester.
This application is a division of copending application Ser. No. 740,358, filed Nov. 10, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,093,736, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 545,486, filed Jan. 30, 1975, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 436,611, filed Jan. 25, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,917,718, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 265,333, filed June 22, 1972, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,829,475.
