Acenaphthene → HCID 20360648, compound

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42 g (0.5 mol) of diketene were added dropwise to 77 g of acenaphthene (0.5 mole) in 300 ml of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid at -30°C while stirring. The temperature was maintained for 9 hours. The hydrofluoric acid was distilled off under reduced pressure at a temperature of the still of -30°C, the residue was washed until it was free from acid and distilled under reduced pressure. 10 g of unreacted acenaphthene were recovered (87 % conversion). At a transition temperature of 150° - 155°C under 0.4 torr 85 g (82 % of theory) of slightly yellowish 5-acetoacetyl-acenaphthene melting at 59°C were then obtained.

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