Acetic Anhydride → HCID 68725178, compound

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A mixture of 5-methylspiro[2.5]oct-4-ene (1.41 g, 11.5 mmol), acetic anhydride (2.83 ml, 29.9 mmol), and zinc chloride (203 mg, 1.5 mmol) was heated at 50° C. for 14.5 h, cooled to 20° C., poured into a mixture of a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3 and ice, and extracted with pentane. The aqueous phase was extracted twice with pentane and the combined organic phases were washed with a saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl, with a saturated aqueous solution of NaCl, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated. FC (300 g SiO2, pentane/Et2O10:0.5) of the crude product (1.91 g) gave unreacted 5-methylspiro[2.5]oct-4-ene (765 mg) and 1-(5-methylspiro[2.5]oct-5-en-4-yl)ethanone (479 mg, 25%).

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