Potassium Carbonate → HCID 10942670, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of acetylacetone (2.5 g, 25 mmol), K2CO3 (3.45 g, 25 mmol) and 3-bromo-2-methylpropene (2.5 mL, 25 mmol) in acetone (80 mL) is stirred at 50° C. for 3 days. The mixture is filtered, the filtercake washed with few acetone and the filtrate evaporated to give 2.48 g of 3-(2-methyl-allyl)-pentane-2,4-dione as a dark oil that is used without further purification in subsequent steps; LC-MS: tR=0.87 min, [M+1]+=155.26.

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