Resorcinol → 1-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpropan-1-one

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Resorcinol (10.0 g, 91 mmol) and isobutyric acid (8.00 g, 1 eq.) were treated with BF3-etherate (68 mL, 6 eq.) and heated for 1.5 h to 90° C. After cooling the reaction mixture was carefully poured onto 500 mL of 10% aq. NaOAc solution, twofold extracted with AcOEt, washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated to dryness to leave 18.5 g of the title compound as light brown oil.

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