p-METHYLACETOPHENONE → alpha-Cyclopropyl-alpha,4-dimethylbenzenemethanol

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27 ml (26.8 mmol) of 1N cyclopropylmagnesium bromide solution in THF were added to 3.00 g (22.4 mmol) of 1-(4-methylphenyl)ethanone in 60 ml of diethyl ether at RT, and the mixture was stirred at RT overnight. Then a further 11 ml (11.2 mmol) of 1N cyclopropylmagnesium bromide solution in THF were added, and the mixture was stirred at RT overnight. The reaction mixture was added to ice-water, the phases were separated, the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane, and the combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate gradient with addition of 0.1% triethylamine) to result in 491 mg (13% of theory) of the title compound.

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