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HRID 1918424Generated: November 3, 2026

Methyl iodide → 9-Methylfluorene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethyl iodideHCID 6328—
ReactantFluoreneHCID 6853—
ReactantL-AltroseHCID 10219674—
ReactantButyllithiumHCID 178418339—
Product9-MethylfluoreneHCID 17299—

Reaction Steps

Fluorene (15.0 g, 90.4 mmol), n-BuLi (48.1 ml, 120 mmol, 2.5 M in hexane), RX=iodomethane (19.3 g, 136 mmol). 40 was isolated as a yellowish waxy solid (16.2 g, quant.). The analytical data were identical to those in the literature (M. A. Schmidt, H. G. Alt, W. Milius, J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 525, 15).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08618328B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_12
ORD IDord-4345399dd4d14219a53ce9a4c1f77ef7
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_12