3'-Bromoacetophenone → HCID 60795076, compound

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Reaction Steps

In an analogous reaction sequence to that described for Building Block C, the reaction of 3-methyl phenylmagnesium bromide with 3-bromoacetophenone yielded the 1-(3-bromo-phenyl)-1-m-tolyl-ethanol which was used as crude material in the following elimination reaction with a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid to yield the title compound (yield: 66% of theory) as a colourless oil. TLC: Rf: 0.83 (silica gel; heptane:ethyl acetate=4:1, UV, 254 nm).

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