Methyl iodide → 2,2-Dimethyl-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Preparations of compounds listed in the above Table I are given below for illustrative purposes. ##STR76## 20 g (0.137 moles) of indan-1,3-dione was added to 200 ml of acetonitrile. 26 ml (0.41 moles) of methyl iodide and 8 g of a KF-celite (1:1) mixture were then added to this mixture and the resulting red mixture stirred for 18 hours at 60° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. After cooling, the precipitate was filtered off and washed with acetonitrile. The filtrate was then evaporated to dryness and the residue chromatographically purified using a silica column with hexane/ether (6:4) as the eluent. 10.5 g of 2,2-dimethyl-indan-1,3-dione was obtained with a melting point of 107° C. ##STR77##

Provenance & Evidence