Hydrogen Peroxide → m-(2-Hydroperoxy-2-propyl)acetophenone

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A process for producing m-hydroxyacetophenone which comprises reacting m-(2-hydroxy-2-propyl)acetophenone with 1 to 20 moles of 5 to 90% by weight aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution per mole of said acetophenone at 30° to 95° C. in the presence of a mineral acid catalyst to form m-(2-hydroperoxy-2-propyl)acetophenone, and then decomposing the m-(2-hydroperoxy-2-propyl)acetophenone by warming with sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, perchloric acid, boron trifluoride, sulfuric acid anhydride or toluenesulfonic acid to form m-hydroxyacetophenone.

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