Potassium Carbonate → 4-[o-(1-Propenyl)phenoxy]benzophenone

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o-Allylphenol (33.5 g), 4-fluorobenzophenone (50.05 g), potassium carbonate (24.20 g), dry N-methylpyrrolidone (160 ml) and toluene (60 ml) are placed in a 3-necked 500 ml flask fitted with a stirrer, reflex condensor and thermometer and the mixture is heated under nitrogen to a temperature between 155°-160° C. and stirred for 3 hours. Water and toluene are separated via a Dean Stark trap and finally after 3 hours the reaction mixture reaches a temperature of 160° C. The mixture is cooled to 100° C. and a 1:1 mixture of toluene/water (400 ml) is added while stirring. After phase separation the aqueous layer is washed with toluene (50 ml) and the combined toluene layers are washed 4 times with water (150 ml). The toluene phase is dried over sodium sulphate and toluene distilled off by use of a rotary evaporator finally in vacuum leaving 4-[o-(1-propenyl)phenoxy]benzophenone as a light yellow melt. The yield is 73 g.

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