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Benzophenone and diphenyl ether derivatives are important compounds because of their biological activities and materialistic applications. Such compounds have also been isolated from a number of natural products. Individually, both these categories of compounds have found numerous applications in medicinal and material world. Therefore, the work presented here describes synthesis of benzophenone derivatives of diphenyl ethers. Three compounds D, E and F were synthesized using same benzophenone precursor, (2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)(phenyl) methanone and 2-bromo-5-nitrobenzaldehyde to get 2-(2-benzoyl-5-methoxyphenoxy)-5-nitrobenzaldehyde. Using different concentration of the same reducing agent (NaBH4) two different products were obtained. In one case only aldehyde was reduced while in other case both aldehyde and ketone present in the molecule were reduced. Characterization was done using 1H and 13C spectroscopic methods

Benzophenone, diphenyl ether, reducing agent