Water → HCID 15289940, compound

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Reaction Steps

20 ml of anhydrous diethyl ether were added to 1.06 g (44 mmole) of metallic magnesium, and then a solution of 7.56 g (40 mmole) of 2-fluorobenzyl bromide in 10 ml of diethyl ether was slowly added dropwise to the resulting mixture, whilst stirring; the mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The resulting solution was slowly added dropwise to a solution of 4.74 g (40 mmole) of cyclobutanecarbonyl chloride in 30 ml of tetrahydrofuran, whilst cooling in a methanol-dry ice bath, over a period of 2 hours, and then the mixture was allowed to return to room temperature, whilst stirring, over a period of 2 hours. At the end of this time, 100 ml of water and 150 ml of diethyl ether were added to the reaction mixture, and the organic layer was separated, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure. The residue thus obtained was subjected to silica gel column chromatography, using a 9:1 by volume mixture of toluene and hexane as the eluent, to give 2.97 g of the title compound as a pale yellow oil.

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