Synthesis of ortho-substituted benzophen
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P. S. Hofman; D. J. Reiding; W. Th. Nauta
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract Whereas benzoylation of toluene or __m__โxylene is known to lead to a mixture of 2โ and 4โmethylbenzophenone and to 2,4โdimethylbenzophenone respectively, the presence of a blocking t.butyl group in the 4โ and the 5โpositions respectively leads to products which on debutylation yield be