Sodium Hydroxide → 5,5,8,8-Tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid

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The synthesis process is as set forth in the chemical reaction formula below. The KMnO4 in the reaction path stands for potassium permanganate. To 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-methylnaphthalene (3.52 g, 17.4 mmol) were added pyridine (12 mL), potassium permanganate (6.70 g, 42.4 mmol), and sodium hydroxide (1.00 g, 25.0 mmol) followed by stirring at 95° C. for 5 hours. The reaction solution was filtrated by celite and the filtrate was made acidic by adding hydrochloric acid. After extraction by ethyl acetate, the liquid was dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography using hexane/ethyl acetate (4/1) as an elution solvent. The yield was 141.6 mg (3%).

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