... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 24, Issue 32, 1983, Pages 3401–3402. Cover image Cover image. ... 1983, Available online 6 April 2001. Abstract. o-Hydroxyphenyl benzyl ketones on treatment with dimethyl sulphoxide and powdered potassium hydroxide have been found to undergo facile oxidation to the corresponding benzils. References. 1; JK Makrandi, SK Grover; Indian J. Chem., 16B (1978), p. 1118 ...