Water → 5,8-Dihydro-2-methyl 1,4-naphthoquinone

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In toluene (30 ml) and acetic acid (5 ml), were dissolved 7.0 g (0,057 mol) of toluquinone, to which 7.6 g (0.14 mol) of 1,3-butadiene were added at -10° C. under stirring. Thereafter, the resultant mixture was gradually heated and stirred further for 3 hours at 40° C. The liquid reaction mixture was washed with water, and an organic layer was dried and concentrated under reduced pressure. Concentrated hydrochloric acid (1 ml) and ethanol (50 ml) were added to the residue, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 40° C. After the liquid reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in a liquid mixture of toluene (50 ml), n-propanol (25 ml) and water (25 ml). To the solution, were added 1.0 g (0.23 mol) of lithium chloride, 5.0 g (0.29 mol) of cupric chloride dihydrate to stir the resultant mixture for 1 hour at 40° C. The liquid reaction mixture was poured into water (100 ml) to make extraction with toluene (50 ml × 2). The resulting organic layer was washed with water, dried and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain a crude product of the title compound. This crude product was recrystallized from methanol (20 ml) to obtain 9.14 g of the title compound as yellow crystals (yield: 92%).

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