4-Phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1h-inden-1-one → 4-Phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ol

HRID 1156413Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1156413 reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:7]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[C:12]3[C:8]=2[CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]3=[O:16])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[BH4-].[Na+]>C(O)C.O>[C:1]1([C:7]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[C:12]3[C:8]=2[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH:11]3[OH:16])[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

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Procedure

To a stirred solution of 20.8 g (0.10 mole) of 4-phenyl-1-indanone in 150 ml of ethanol was added portionwise 2.0 g (0.06 mole) of sodium borohydride. During the addition the reaction temperature rose to 33° C. Upon complete addition the reaction mixture was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and was stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was mixed in water and concentrated under reduced pressure. A precipitate, which developed during concentration of the aqueous solution, was collected, dried, then recrystallized from toluene-hexane to give 17.3 g of 4-phenyl-1-indanol; m.p. 80.5°-81.5° C. The nmr spectrum was consistent with the proposed structure.

Workup

  1. additionDuring the addition the reaction temperature
  2. customrose to 33° C
  3. additionUpon complete addition the reaction mixture
  4. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  5. customwas collected
  6. customdried
  7. customrecrystallized from toluene-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0df486fb31454cc9bd26ab231375956c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_06
Patent number
US04335252

Reaction notes

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