THE SYNTHESIS OF AROYL METHYL KETONES AS LIGNIN MODEL SUBSTANCES
A series of aroyl methyl ketones (ArCOCOCH3 in which Ar was phenyl, p-hydroxyphenyl, p-methoxy phenyl, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl, 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl, 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl, and 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl) has been prepared by the oxidation, using selenium dioxide, of the correspondingly substituted benzyl methyl ketones.