Butyric Acid → HCID 178450310, compound

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To a solution of 3.18 g of the 5-(2,3-dihydro-2,2,4,6,7-pentamethylbenzofuran-5-yl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione in 50 ml of absolute toluene was added 6.93 ml of anhydrous butyric acid and refluxed for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford an oily residue. To the solution of the residue in 50 ml of absolute toluene was added 0.26 g of 4-dimethylaminopyridine. After refluxing 8 hours, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford a crude product. Final purification was carried by silica-gel column chromatography to afford 3.8 g of 2-butyryl-5-(2,3-dihydro-2,2,4,6,7-pentamethylbenzofuran-5-yl)-3-hydroxycyclohex-2-en-1-one as a yellow solid.

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