Acetophenone → HCID 14984870, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

Acetophenone (30 grams; 0.25 mol) methyl m-methyltoluate (136 grams; 1.0 mol), xylene (300 ml) and sodium methoxide (17.3 grams; 0.3 mol) were placed into a four-necked round bottom one liter flask equipped as in Example 1. The mixture was heated with stirring to 135°-140° C. and maintained there for 6 hours under a blanket of nitrogen. The procedure set forth in Example 1 was used to recover the desired product, benzoyl m-methylbenzoylmethane (48 grams; 90% weight percent yield).

Provenance & Evidence