Potassium Carbonate → 1-(4-(Cyclopropylmethoxy)-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone

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A vigorously stirred mixture of 1-(4-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (4-2, 1.00 g, 10.9 mmol), chloromethylcyclopropane (4-1, 1.22 g, 7.4 mmol), and powdered potassium carbonate (1.54 g, 11.1 mmol) in DMF (10.0 mL) was heated at 80° C. for 16 h under N2. The mixture was allowed to cool and was filtered through Diatomaceous earth. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium carbonate and dried over Na2SO4. The solution was concentrated under reduced pressure to provide 1-(4-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (4-3, 1.61 g) as off-white solids in 99% yield: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.55 (s, 2 H), 3.77 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 2 H), 2.45 (s, 3 H), 2.27 (s, 6 H), 1.19 (s, 1 H), 0.64 (m, 2 H), 0.33 (m, 2 H).

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