Ethyl Bromide → HCID 178448088, compound

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Reaction Steps

6 g of sodium hydride -- 50% in mineral oil -- were allowed to react with 100 ml of dimethyl-sulfoxide, at 55° - 60° for 90 min. 7.5 g of cis-4-isopropenyl-cyclohexylmethanol were then added to the resulting solution, followed by a dropwise addition of 20 g of ethyl bromide. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature, then poured onto crushed ice and finally extracted with hexane. After the usual treatments of washing, drying and evaporation, the fractional distillation of the obtained residue yielded cis-4-isopropenyl-cyclohexylmethyl ethyl ether, bp 96° - 97°/10 Torr.

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