P-Chloroacetophenone → HCID 86722006, compound

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To a mixture of 2,2-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carbonyl chloride (0.55 g, 3.14 mmol), magnesium bromide diethyl etherate (1.35 g, 5.23 mmol), and 4-chloroacetophenone (0.34 mL, 2.62 mmol) in 12 mL of DCM at RT was added dropwise DIEA (1.45 mL, 7.85 mmol). The mixture was stirred overnight and then diluted with 50 mL of DCM and washed with 1N HCl (100 mL) and brine (100 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, concentrated, and the crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography (Thomson Scientific 25-g cartridge, 2-20% EtOAc/heptane in 10 column volumes) to give 0.45 g (58%) of the title compound as a light orange solid. The NMR of this compound shows that it exists in the enone form in CDCl3.

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