Dimethylformamide → 5-(Benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-one

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3.1 g of t-butoxypotassium was added under ice cooling and nitrogen replacement to a 50 mL dimethylformamide solution of 4.0 g of 5-hydroxytetralone, and the system was stirred for 15 minutes at the same temperature, after which 3.2 mL of benzyl bromide was added, and the system was stirred for 2 hours at the same temperature. After the reaction, water was added, extraction was performed with ethyl acetate, and the organic layer was washed with saturated brine and dried with magnesium sulfate, then subjected to reduced-pressure solvent distillation, and the residue was refined by silica gel column chromatography (20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to obtain 6.3 g of 5-benzyloxytetralone (compound 2-7 in Table 3-1) in the form of a colorless solid.

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