Ammonium Chloride → (4R,6R)-6-[(1R,7aR)-octahydro-4-bromomethylene-7a-methyl-1H-inden-1-yl]-2-methoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-1-heptene

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A 105 mg amount of (3R)-3-[(1R,7aR)-octahydro-4-bromomethylene-7a-methyl-1H-inden-1-yl]butanol was taken in a 50 ml eggplant-shaped flask, then 8 ml of dried tetrahydrofuran was then added to dissolve the same. The solution was cooled by an ice cooled bath, then 84 μl of methyl-2-bromomethylacrylate was added dropwise. Further, 35 mg of zinc powder and 10 ml of a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride were added, then the solution was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. The reaction solution was extracted by ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with saturated saline, then was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The desiccant was filtered out, then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain a crude product in an amount of 166 mg. This was purified by a silica gel column (Merck gel, hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1) to obtain (4S,6R)-6-[(1R,7aR)-octahydro-4-bromomethylene-7a-methyl-1H-inden-1-yl]-2-methoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-1-heptene in an amount of 43 mg and (4R,6R)-6-[(1R,7aR)-octahydro-4-bromomethylene-7a-methyl-1H-inden-1-yl]-2-methoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-1-heptene in an amount of 55 mg.

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