Hexane → HCID 21502279, compound

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1-Methyl-4-(10-bromo-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene)piperidine, 7.32 g. (0.02 mole) is dissolved in 100 ml. of dry piperidine. To this solution is added slowly 25 ml. of a 1.6M solution of butyl lithium in hexane (0.04 mole) under anhydrous conditions and then stirred and refluxed for 8 hours under anhydrous conditions. The reaction is cooled and poured into 500 ml. of benzene and extracted 6 times with 100 ml. of water. The benzene is dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered, and the benzene removed on a rotary evaporator leaving 1-methyl-4-(10-(1-piperidyl)-5H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-5-ylidene)piperidine as an oil which still has some solvent in it.

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