Toluene → 1-(3-Tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone

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Aluminium chloride (44.4 g, 333 mmol) was cooled to −45° C., followed by addition of toluene (1.25 L). 2-tert-butylphenol (50.0 g, 333 mmol) was added further and stirred for 2 hours. Further, acetyl chloride (26.1 g, 333 mmol) was added dropwise and stirred for 2.5 hours. The resultant reaction solution was added to ice-cooled water (250 mL) dropwise and stirred at room temperature. Crystals were collected by filtration and dried under reduced pressure (50° C.) to give 48.7 g of the captioned compound as white crystals (yield: 76.1%; HPLC purity: 99.8%).

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