[CH:1]12[CH2:10][CH:5]3[CH2:6][CH:7]([CH2:9][CH:3]([CH2:4]3)[C:2]1=[O:11])[CH2:8]2.Br[C:13]1[CH:25]=[CH:24][C:16]([C:17]([O:19][C:20]([CH3:23])([CH3:22])[CH3:21])=[O:18])=[CH:15][C:14]=1[Cl:26].[Cl-].[Li+].C([Mg]Cl)(C)C>O1CCCC1>[Cl:26][C:14]1[CH:15]=[C:16]([CH:24]=[CH:25][C:13]=1[C:2]1([OH:11])[CH:3]2[CH2:9][CH:7]3[CH2:6][CH:5]([CH2:10][CH:1]1[CH2:8]3)[CH2:4]2)[C:17]([O:19][C:20]([CH3:22])([CH3:23])[CH3:21])=[O:18]To a cold (−40° C.) solution of 2-adamantanone (1.50 g, 10.00 mmol) and tert-butyl 4-bromo-3-chlorobenzoate (2.45 g, 10.00 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (120 mL) was added isopropylmagnesium chloride lithium chloride complex (1.3 M solution in tetrahydrofuran, 10 mL, 13 mmol). The reaction mixture was warm to ambient temperature over 2 hours and heated to reflux for 1 hour. After cooling to ambient temperature, the mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (10 mL), diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL), washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride
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