Ethyl Bromide → Butyl ether

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Reaction Steps

2.92 g (0.120 mol) of magnesium and 30 ml of dibutyl ether were charged in a 200 ml Schlenk tube equipped with a reflux condenser, a dropping funnel and a stirring apparatus in an atmosphere of nitrogen, and a solution having 21.5 g (0.100 mol) of 1-bromoadamantane and 1.09 g (0.0100 mol) of ethyl bromide dissolved in 40 ml of dibutyl ether was dropwise added thereto from the dropping funnel at 80° C. over a period of 1 hour, and stirring was carried out further for 2 hours at 120° C. to obtain a dibutyl ether solution of 1-adamantyl magnesium bromide.

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