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Synthesis of substituted benzophenones by a direct condensation of substituted benzoic acids with benzene in the presence of aluminium chloride

DJ Reiding

Index: Reiding,D.J.; Nauta,W.T. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1961 , vol. 80, p. 399 - 402

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Abstract

Abstract Condensation of substituted benzoic acids with benzene in the presence of aluminium chloride is found to be possible, in general, only in the case of ortho-substituted acids. No reaction could be obtained with benzoic acid itself, with meta-or para-toluic acids, or, somewhat unexpectedly, with 2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzoic acid.