In continuation of studies [1, 2] on the synthesis of carbonyl compounds having a diphenyl ether fragment, we effected acylation of m-phenoxytoluene (I) with carboxylic acid chlorides and obtained ketones II–IX. The isolated products contained 90–92% of the main substance. As catalysts we used aluminum chloride, antimony (V) chloride, and tin (IV) chloride. The reactions were carried out in weakly polar solvents (1, 2-dichloroethane, methylene ...
