| Molecular Formula | C16H17NO2 |
| Molar Mass | 255.31 |
| Physical and Chemical Properties | Chemical properties crystalline compounds. |
| Use | Intermediates for phenylephrine hydrochloride. |
Use acetophenone to prepare m-hydroxyacetophenone through nitration, reduction, diazotization, and hydrolysis, and then react with benzoyl chloride to obtain m-benzoyloxyacetophenone. The latter is brominated with bromine to obtain & omega;-bromo-m-benzoyloxyacetophenone, which is then reacted with N-methylbenzylamine (amination), and then hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid (debenzoyl) To make the product.