4-Chlorophenol → 2-Butanone, 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-

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A 12.8 g quantity of p-chlorophenol, 13.4 g of 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone, 13.8 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate and 100 ml of acetonitrile were placed into a 200-ml egg plant type flask and refluxed for 8 hours. The resulting potassium chloride was filtered off from the reaction mixture, and the filtrate was concentrated in a vacuum to obtain crude crystals, which were recrystallized from n-hexane, giving 16.0 g of the above-identified desired compound, m.p. 62°-63° C.

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