Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 178442528, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-(4'-heptylphenyl)phenol (200 g) is dissolved in ethanol (0.5 l) and a commercially available Raney nickel (20 g) is added, followed by hydrogenation in an autoclave at 80°to 120° C. under a hydrogen pressure of 30 to 40 Kg/cm2G. The reaction is traced by gas chromatography (column: SIDC-560-10%, 2 m, 280° C.) and is stopped when the raw material is extinct. The catalyst is filtered off from the hydrogenation product and ethanol is distilled off under reduced pressure, followed by dissolving the residue in toluene (200 ml). On the other hand, metallic sodium (18.4 g) is added to toluene (400 ml) and heated to 110° C., followed by quenching under a high speed agitation to prepare a sodium dispersion, which is then cooled down to room temperature, after which the above toluene solution of the hydrogenation product is added and the mixture is then agitated at room temperature for one hour. The resulting material is agitated at 100° C., for 4 hours, followed by cooling and then gradually adding methanol (200 ml). The whole is transferred into a separating funnel, followed by washings twice with 10% hydrochloric acid (200 ml) and once with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate (200 ml) and repeated washings with water untill the water layer becomes neutral. The toluene layer is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, followed by distilling off toluene under reduced pressure, adding n-hexane (200 ml) and standing overnight to obtain crystals of trans-4-(4'-heptylphenyl)cyclohexanol. Yield: 41.6 g, 20.4%. M.p.: 80.2°-82.5° C.

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