4-benzyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one → 4-Benzylcyclohex-2-en-1-ol

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To a suspension of 3.2 g of lithium aluminum hydride in 500 ml of ether, 30 g of 4-benzyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one were added dropwise at 0° C. After stirring the mixture for 2 hours at the same temperature, it was washed with diluted hydrochloric acid and water, and the resultant organic layer was dried and concentrated, thereby obtaining 31 g of a crude product. This product was purified by column chromatography to obtain 30 g (yield: 98%) of 4-benzyl-2-cyclohexen-1-ol. A ratio of a cis-form to a trans-form was found to be 32:68 by 1H-NMR.

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