5325-04-2

Preparation by Fries rearrangement of 2,6-dimethylphenyl acetate, ? with aluminium chloride, without solvent at 120–140°,in nitrobenzene at r.t. (75%) or in nitromethane, first at 0°, then at 50° for 48 h under argon atmosphere (61%)
with aluminium bromide without solvent at 130° (71%).