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Preparation by thermal rearrangement of 4-acetyl- 3-hydroxy-2-phenyliodonio-phenolate (SM) in refluxing acetonitrile for 30 min (70%). SM was obtained by reaction of iodosobenzene diacetate with resacetophenone in methanol in the presence of potassium hydroxide at 0° for 30 min (40%, m.p. 81–85°).