Chemical Properties
WHITE TO YELLOW-ORANGE CRYSTALLINE SOLID
Uses
4-Methoxybenzophenone and its analogues showed diverse plant growth-regulating actions such as inhibition of shoot and root growth, induction of chlorosis, and a disturbance in phototropism or geotropism. It is also used as a photo polymerization catalyst.
Preparation
Obtained by reaction of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride with benzene in the presence –of aluminium chloride.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemistry Letters, 6, p. 1099, 1977
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 110, p. 1556, 1988
Tetrahedron Letters, 40, p. 3109, 1999
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00476-1
