Water → 1-(4-Ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-butoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)cyclohexene

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The compound (29) (19.0 g), p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.57 g) and toluene (200 ml) were mixed, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hours while water being distilled was removed. The obtained reaction mixture was cooled to 30° C., and water (200 ml) and toluene (200 ml) were added thereto, and mixed. The mixture was then allowed to separate into organic and aqueous phases, and the extraction into an organic phase was carried out. The organic phase obtained was washed sequentially with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and water, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solution obtained was purified by means of column chromatography (silica gel; toluene), and further purified by means of recrystallization (Solmix A-11: ethyl acetate=2:1 by volume), giving 10.3 g of 1-(4-ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-butoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)cyclohexene (No. 77). The yield based on the compound (27) was 55.0%.

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