Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 1-methyl-4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate

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In a 50 mL round-bottom flask was mixed with ethyl 8-methyl-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane-8-carboxylate (Int-6a, 1.99 g, 8.72 mmol), EtOH (10 mL), H2O (5 mL), and 4N HCl in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL). The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 64 hours. At this time, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was taken up in DCM. The suspension was washed with saturated NaHCO3(aq) and the organic layer was dried over Na2SO4. The resulting product was taken on without further purification. Yield=1.00 g.

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