A reaction for producing haloforms from methyl ketones.
Particularly useful for aromatic acids as the starting
ketone can be made by a Friedel-Crafts acylation.
It also gives a positive result with a secondary alcohol
of the formula RCH(OH)CH3 which is first oxidized
to a methylketone or with ethanol (oxidized to ethanal,
which also undergoes the reaction).
