Water → 2-Ethenyl-6-(1-ethoxyethoxy)naphthalene

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In a 1 L three neck flask, equipped with an overhead mechanical stirrer, was added 45 g of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (0.126 mol) under nitrogen atmosphere. To this were added anhydrous 300 mL of THF and 16.02 g of potassium tert-butoxide (0.1428 mol). After 1 h of stirring, 20 g of 6-(1-ethoxy ethoxy)-2-naphthaldehyde (0.0819 mol), dissolved in 50 mL of THF, was added dropwise using a cannular and the reaction mixture was stirred overnight. After overnight stirring, deionized water (200 mL) was added with a syringe and the phases were separated. The aqueous phase was extracted with ether (2×100 mL) and the combined extracts were dried over MgSO4. After filtration and concentration, the crude product was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, hexane/CH2Cl2 40/60˜10/90) to yield 19.12 g of pure 6-(1-ethoxy ethoxy)-2-vinylnaphthalene (96%).

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