Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 178471528, compound

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A mixture of 9.1 g of 4-(4-bromophenyl)cyclohexanecarb-oxaldehyde and 3.8 g of powdered potassium hydroxide in 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran was placed at room temperature in a sulphonation flask while gassing with argon and treated with 9.2 g of triethyl phosphonoacetate within 15 minutes, stirred overnight, taken up in 100 ml of water and extracted three times with 100 ml of methylene chloride each time. The organic phases were washed twice with 100 ml of water each time, dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated. Low-pressure chromato-graphy of the residue (12 g) on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate (vol. 9:1) gave 11.7 g of ethyl (E)-3-[trans-4-(4-bromo-phenyl)cyclohexyl]acrylate as colourless crystals.

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