p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate → 1,1-Ethylenedioxy-4-(3,4',5'-trifluorophenyl)-3-cyclohexen

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1,1-Ethylenedioxy-4-hydroxy-4-(3',4',5'-trifluoro-phenyl)cyclohexane (166.2 g) was dissolved in toluene (500 ml), followed by adding p-toluenesulfonic acidmonohydrate (20 g) into the solution, stirring the mixture under reflux for one hour, washing the reaction solution with water (500 ml), drying the organic layer over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and distilling off the solvent under reduced pressure, to obtain 1,1-ethylenedioxy-4-(3',4',5'-trifluorophenyl)-3-cyclohexene (102.6 g).

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