Diethyl Ether → HCID 21539916, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

A mixture of the indanone above (5.0 gm.), methanesulfonyl chloride (3.7 gm.) and potassium carbonate (5.0 gm.) in acetone (50 ml.) is refluxed for 24 hrs. Ether (100 ml.) is added and the ether layer washed with water (2 × 50 ml.), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to dryness to give the 6-methanesulfonyloxy-2-methylindanone (5.0 gm.) as a yellow oil.

Provenance & Evidence