1-(4-Hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-phenyl)-ethanone

Obtained by Fries rearrangement of 2,3-dimethylphenyl acetate, with aluminium chloride, in nitrobenzene at r.t. (50–60%) , in carbon disulfide at r.t. (10%) or without solvent at 100° (17%); with titanium tetrachloride without solvent at 100° (6%).