Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 1-(2-phenylcyclopropyl)ethanone

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To Me3SOI (2.2 g, 10 mmol) in DMSO (20 mL) was added NaH (50%, 480 mg, 10 mmol). 4-Phenyl-but-3-en-2-one (1.13 g, 7.7 mmol) was added after 10 min. The reaction mixture was quenched after 30 min with water, extracted with EtOAc, and washed with water (3×30 mL). The organic extract was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give 1-(2-Phenyl-cyclopropyl)-ethanone (1.5 g, 97%).

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