HCID 76456971, compound → alpha-Tocopherol

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A mixture of [2S-(4R*,8R*,)]-3,4-dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyl-1-tridecynyl)-6-(pentylmethoxy)-2H-1-benzopyran, (200 mg, 0.39 mmol) and 40 mg of Raney Nickel in 5 mL of ethanol and 5 mL of ethyl acetate was hydrogenated at 25° C. and atmospheric pressure for 6 h. Workup in the usual manner and purification of the crude product by chromatography on silica gel (eluent 1:5 ether-hexanes) gave 170 mg of (2R,4'R,8'R)-α-tocopherol as a pale yellow oil, identical in all aspects with a known sample.

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