Ammonium Chloride → HCID 21515717, compound

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To the Grignard reagent [production according to E. Renk et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 83, 1987 (1961)], from 9.06 g (0.37 mol) of magnesium and 42.8 g (0.35 mol) of cyclopropyl bromide in 460 cc of absolute tetrahydrofurane, is added dropwise at 5°C over the course of 10 minutes, in an atomosphere of nitrogen and while stirring, a solution of 46 g (0.35 mol) of 4-isopropoxy-2-butanone in 100 cc of absolute tetrahydrofurane. After stirring the reaction mixture at room temperature for 20 hours, saturated ammonium chloride solution and ice are added and the mixture is extracted with ether. The ether extract is washed with saturated salt solution, dried over sodium sulphate and the ether evaporated off. The resulting 2-cyclopropyl-4-isopropoxy-2-butanol is obtained after distillation at 75°-79°/12 mm as a colourless oil.

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