sodium;2-phenylphenolate

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: Starting from 7.35 g of potassium o-phenyl-phenate, obtained "in situ" by salifying 6 g of o-phenyl-phenol with KOH, and from 4.2 g of acetophenone (molar ratio = 1:1), it was possible to obtain, by operating as in Example 1, 0.5 g of benzoylacetic acid. Under the same conditions, potassium p-phenyl-phenate did not cause any sensible reaction.