4-Methoxybenzophenone

WHITE TO YELLOW-ORANGE CRYSTALLINE SOLID

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.

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 geotrop ism. 4-Methoxybenzophenone is also used as a photopolymerization catalyst.

Obtained by reaction of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride with benzene in the presence –of aluminium chloride.

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