I. Ionica et al., HEREDITARY MISTAKES .2. ON THE ANTHRAQUINONE SYNTHESIS FROM ORTHO-BENZOYLBENZOIC ACID, Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 41(1-2), 1996, pp. 165-168
The anthraquinone synthesis by cyclization of o-benzoylbenzoic acid is
discussed. A mechanism which explains the apparent ortho-subtitution
of an aromatic ketone is proposed.