Chloroacetone → 1-(2,6-Dimethylphenoxy)acetone

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Prepared by 1-chloro-propan-2-one (50 mmol) and 2,6-dimenthylphenol (60 mmol); purified by silica gel/hexane:ethyl acetate (5:1) column chromatography as a colorless oil; yield 84% (7.5 g); H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d 2.34 (s, 6H, CH3), 2.42 (s, 3H, CH3), 4.40 (s, 2H, OCH2), 7.02-7.10 (m, 3H, Ar); CNMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 16.3, 26.6, 76.8, 124.5, 129.1, 130.6, 155.0, 205.4; GC-MS m/z 178.1 (M+).

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