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HRID 979708Generated: October 28, 2026

Acetic Acid → 4'-Hydroxyacetophenone

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AcidHCID 176—
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantHydrofluoric AcidHCID 14917—
Product4'-HydroxyacetophenoneHCID 746940%

Reaction Steps

Simons et al, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 61, 1795 and 1796 (1939) teach the acylation of aromatic compounds using hydrogen fluoride as a condensing agent and in Table 1 on page 1796 show the acetylation of phenol with acetic acid to produce p-hydroxyacetophenone (4-HAP) in 40% yield.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04668826
Source datasetuspto-grants-1987_05
ORD IDord-a935d406d3714269818c2d222a26ad10
Source noteuspto-grants-1987_05