Synthetic communications

Facile Synthesis of 3-(p-Alkoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-2-butanones

G Gopalakrishnan, S Anandhi

Index: Gopalakrishnan; Anandhi Synthetic Communications, 1995 , vol. 25, # 17 p. 2521 - 2528

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Abstract

Abstract A novel procedure for the preparation of 3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methyl-2-butanone, in excellent yield, is described via a simple AlCl3 catalysed rearrangement of p-ethoxy- pivalophenone. Various 3-(p-alkoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-2-butanones have been synthesised