Phenacyl bromide → HCID 12902850, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 137 g. (0.55 mole) of 2-bromo-4-phenylphenol, 109 g. (0.55 mole) of α-bromoacetophenone and 75 g. of sodium carbonate in 1.5 liters of acetone is heated at its reflux temperature for six days, filtered, then evaporated. The white residue is recrystallized from a benzene-hexane mixture to provide white needles of α-(2-bromo-4-phenylphenoxy)acetophenone, m.p. 93°-95° C.

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