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HRID 2051049Generated: October 29, 2026

Acetophenone → Dibenzoylmethane

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetophenoneHCID 7410—
ReactantSodium MethoxideHCID 10942334—
SolventO-XyleneHCID 7237—
ProductDibenzoylmethaneHCID 8433193.4%

Reaction Steps

acetophenone (30.0 grams; 0.25 mol); sodium methoxide (17.3 grames; 0.3 mol) and xylene 28.,0 grams) were added to the resulting mixture (347.0 grams) from the azetropic distillation. The reaction procedure set forth hereinabove was repeated with this reaction mixture giving dibenzoylmethane (54.2 grams; 92% yield) 92% pure by GLC analysis.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05015777
Source datasetuspto-grants-1991_05
ORD IDord-eb5e70a7695f4052b44cc506f81f4f70
Source noteuspto-grants-1991_05