Phosphoric Acid → 5,7-Dimethyl-8-methoxy-1,2,3,4,4a,9a-hexahydro-9-fluorenone

HRID 2051409Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2051409 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:3]([O:17][CH3:18])=[C:4]([C:9]([C:11]2[CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH:12]=2)=[O:10])[CH:5]=[C:6]([CH3:8])[CH:7]=1.O=P12OP3(OP(OP(O3)(O1)=O)(=O)O2)=O.P(=O)(O)(O)O>C(Cl)Cl>[CH3:8][C:6]1[CH:7]=[C:2]([CH3:1])[C:3]([O:17][CH3:18])=[C:4]2[C:5]=1[CH:16]1[CH:11]([C:9]2=[O:10])[CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15]1

Participants

5

Procedure

197.0 Grams of 1-cyclohexenyl 3,5-dimethyl-2-methoxyphenyl ketone was gradually added to polyphosphoric acid prepared from 900 g of phosphorus pentoxide and 900 g of phosphoric acid at 100° C. with stirring and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into 3 liters of ice water and extraction was carried out with 3 liters of methylene chloride. The extract was washed with water and then saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Methylene chloride was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (eluent: ethyl acetate:n-hexane =99:1) and then recrystallized from n-hexane to obtain 46.0 g of 5,7-dimethyl-8-methoxy-1,2,3,4,4a,9a-hexahydro-9-fluorenone.

Workup

  1. stirringthe mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 3 hours
  2. washThe extract was washed with water
  3. dry with materialsaturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  4. distillationMethylene chloride was distilled off under reduced pressure
  5. customThe residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (eluent: ethyl acetate:n-hexane =99:1)
  6. customrecrystallized from n-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d9b935483092487c8d4402c25e6d272e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_05
Patent number
US05017724

Reaction notes

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