Acetophenone → HCID 56638907, compound

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Reaction Steps

Acetophenone (30 grams; 0.25 mol), methylstearate (298 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 a 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, benzoylstearoylmethane (43 grams; 45 weight percent yield) having a purity of 95%.

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