Sodium Chloride → 7-Hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one

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37.0 g (278 mmol) of aluminum chloride was mixed with 3.70 g (61.3 mmol) of sodium chloride, the mixture was dissolved at 150° C. under heating, 6.40 g (43.2 mmol) of commercially available 2,3-dihydro-4H-chromen-4-one dissolved by heating (50° C.) was added to the mixture and the resulting mixture was stirred at 200° C. for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture (gum state) was cooled, and added to ice-cold hydrochloric acid (100 ml of conc. hydrochloric acid and ice were combined to make them 200 ml) little by little and stirred for 30 minutes. Methylene chloride was added to the mixture and the mixture was separated. The aqueous layer was filtered, and the filtrate was extracted with methylene chloride. The organic layers were combined, washed successively with water and brine, and dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent was removed, and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (Wakogel C-100, hexane-ethyl acetate, gradient) to obtain 4.82 g (32.6 mmol, Yield: 75.2%) of 7-hydroxy-1-indanone.

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