Isopropanol → HCID 86737440, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a two-liter 3-necked flask are charged isopropyl alcohol (1000 ml), methanol (300 ml) and sodium (10 g). Freshly distilled cyclopentadiene (180 g) and acetophenone (261 g) are mixed and slowly added, with stirring, to the solution in the flask. The reaction is run at room temperature. After 11/2 hours, the addition is complete. The reaction mixture is mixed with water and the organic layer extracted into hexane. The hexane extract is washed with water and stripped. The crude methyl phenyl-fulvene is distilled (80°-85° C./0.1 mm) and the distillate is a ruby-red liquid.

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