1,1'-(1,4-phenylene)bis-Ethanone can undergo oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage to synthesize an aryl carboxylic acid with an iodine catalyst . 1,1'-(1,4-phenylene)bis-Ethanone is also capable of Suzuki-Miyaura coupling.
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