Hydrochloric Acid → 6,6'-Dimethyl-2,2',3',4'-tetramethoxy-benzophenone

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A mixture of 3,4,5-trimethoxytoluene (1.86 g; 10.2 mmol), 1B (10.2 mmol), aluminium chloride (1.33 g, 10 mmol) and dichloromethane (20 ml) is stirred at 0° C. The reaction sets up at 0° C. with formation of hydrogen chloride. Subsequently, the reaction mixture is stirred for another 4 hours at room temperature. A mixture of dilute hydrochloric acid and ethyl acetate (1:1 v/v; 100 ml) is then slowly added at 0° C. The organic phase is concentrated and the residue is recrystallized from methanol. The solid material is collected by vacuum filtration, three times washed with methanol/water (3:1 v/v; 100 ml each) and dried yielding white crystals, 1.0 g (30.3%), mp 84° C.

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