Water → HCID 228327, compound

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Reaction Steps

28.5 ml (33 mmol) of trimethylaluminum as 10% solution in toluene is instilled in 4.56 g (30 mmol) of 2-isopropylidene-5-methyl-cyclohexan-1-one (pulegone) and 214.5 mg (1.5 mmol) of CuBr in 30 ml of ethyl acetate. The reaction solution is stirred for 1 more hour at 25° C. For hydrolysis, 2 ml of water is carefully added and stirred for 15 more minutes. The inorganic solid is suctioned off, rewashed with ethyl acetate and the solution is concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum. Distillation of the crude product at 120° C./6 torr yields 3.4 g of 2-tert-butyl-5-methyl-cyclohexanone (70% of theory) as a mixture of isomers.

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