Toluene → HCID 86739466, compound

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To a solution containing 140 ml of toluene, 65 ml methyl chloride, 25 ml ether and 5.72 g of 1,3-cyclohexane-dione is added 2.0 ml of water and 8.86 g of lithium bromide. The mixture is stirred for 18 hrs. The solids are removed by filtration, washed with 100 ml of cold 4:1, hexane:methylene chloride and dried `in vacuo` to give 16.58 g of 1,3-cyclohexanedione/lithium bromide complex.

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