Water → HCID 178468872, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.4 g of ethyl 4-(1-oxaspiro[2.5]oct-6-yl)benzoate (5.38 mmol, 1.4 eq.) are placed in 40 mL of dichloromethane at 4° C. 0.229 g of boron trifluoride etherate (1.61 mmol, 0.3 eq.) is added with stirring. After 2 hours, 0.153 g of boron trifluoride etherate (1.07 mmol, 0.2 eq.) is added. After 1 hour, water is added and the reaction medium is extracted three times with dichloromethane. The organic phases are combined and washed successively with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and water. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel with an 88/10/2 mixture of heptane/ethyl acetate/methanol. 0.64 g of ethyl trans-4-(4-formylcyclohexyl)benzoate is obtained.

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