Ammonium Chloride → HCID 66724860, compound

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Under an argon atmosphere, to a solution of ethyl diethoxyacetate (1.80 mL, 10.1 mmol) in THF (20 mL) was added slowly a THF solution (42) of (4-ethylbenzyl)magnesium chloride prepared above at −78° C. After stirring at −78° C. for an hour, to this was added 20% aqueous solution of ammonium chloride (10 mL), and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate (×3). The organic layer was sequentially washed with water (×1) and saturated brine (×1), and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1) to give 1,1-diethoxy-3-(4-ethylphenyl)propan-2-one (43) as a colorless oily substance (1.29 g, 5.04 mmol, 50.6%).

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