Cyclooctanone → HCID 19931302, compound

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To a 1000-mL 3-necked round bottom flask equipped with a 500-mL pressure equalizing addition funnel, a nitrogen inlet with thermocouple and an overhead stirrer was added 100 g (0.79 mol) of cyclooctanone dissolved in 250 mL of dry tetrahydrofuran. The addition funnel was charged with 290 mL (0.869 mol, 10% excess) of ethyl magnesium bromide (2.0M solution in ether) which was then added to the cooled ketone over 2 hours. Stirring was continued at room temperature overnight followed by 8 hours at reflux. Excess Grignard reagent was discharged by the cautious addition of 100 mL of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The resulting suspension was filtered through a bed of Celite, the filtrate diluted with 500 mL of ether and the combined organics washed several times with saturated sodium bicarbonate, once with brine and then dried for 1 hr over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Filtration and removal of the solvent at reduced pressure resulted in a light-colored oil which was distilled twice from Na2CO3 through a base-washed 15 cm Vigreux (bp 65° C.@1 mmHg) to yield 39 g (32%) of the title alcohol as a clear, colorless oil.

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