Benzyl Bromide → HCID 68583816, compound

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Treatment of 2-allyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-ol (18.48 g, 0.098 mol) with potassium carbonate (41.46 g, 0.300 mol), benzyl bromide (18.81 g, 0.110 mol), and tetrabutylammonium iodide (7.39 g, 0.020 mol) generally according to the procedure described for Intermediate 1 afforded 24.05 g (88%) of 2-allyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl benzyl ether as a pale yellow oil. Rf=0.39 (silica, ethyl acetate:hexanes 1:19); Anal. calcd. for C20H22O0.2H2O: C, 85.19; H, 8.01. Found: C, 84.95; H, 7.75.

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