Sulfuric Acid → 1-(2-Methylphenyl)-1-phenyl-1-propene

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1-(2-Methylphenyl)-1-phenyl-1-propanol (10.4 g, 46 mmol) was dissolved into isopropanol (100 ml) and a 4 N sulphuric acid solution (50 ml) was added. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux temperature for 18 h and cooled to room temperature. Water (300 ml) was added and the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (2×200 ml). The combined organic extracts was washed with a diluted sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over sodium sulphate and the solvent evaporated in vacuo to give 9.0 g (91% of 1-(2-methylphenyl)-1-phenyl-1-propene.

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