Synthesis of 1-(2,6-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1-alkanones and benzophenone by aromatization of 2-acyl-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexene-1-ones with mercuric acetate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1990-27107

1-(2,6-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1-alkanones, natural products identified from insects and from medicinal plants, are readily prepared from 1,3-cyclohexanedione and appropriate carboxylic acids. The final step involves aromatization using mercuric acetate.