Water → (4-Methoxyphenyl)(4-methylphenyl)methanone

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Hafnium (IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate (5.15 g), anisole (1.08 g) and para-toluic acid (1.36 g) were refluxed together in 125 mL chlorobenzene with azeotropic removal of the upper water layer (inverse Dean-Stark apparatus). After 3 hours, the mixture was cooled and extracted with 2×25 mL water, then 2×25 mL saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic layer was dried using anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, then concentrated down in vacuo to give crude 4-methoxy-4′-methylbenzophenone (0.20 g, 9% yield) as a colored crystalline solid. The aqueous layer was concentrated in vacuo to give 4.41 g of a damp, white solid.

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