Phenacyl bromide → 2-(2-Bromo-4-methylphenoxy)acetophenone

HRID 1703557

Reaction equation

HRID 1703557 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH3:9])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[OH:8].Br[CH2:11][C:12]([C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=1)=[O:13].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>C1C=CC=CC=1>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH3:9])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[O:8][CH2:11][C:12]([C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=1)=[O:13]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6259Phenacyl bromideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 231092-Bromo-4-methylphenol

Product 1

HCID 40772362-(2-Bromo-4-methylphenoxy)acetophenone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

equimolar amounts of 3-bromo-4-hydroxytoluene and α-bromoacetophenone are refluxed in benzene in the presence of potassium carbonate to provide α-(2-bromo-4-methylphenoxy)acetophenone in the usual manner.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f6d6b33edaeb4c519c35eb93eb0ab09a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_11
Patent number
US04124704

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