Water → HCID 20520799, compound

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Reaction Steps

6,7-Dichloro-5-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one (63.5 gm., 0.274 mole) is dissolved in a mixture of dry tert.-butyl alcohol (500 ml.) and dry benzene (1.5 liters). The solution is refluxed and potassium tert.-butoxide (46 gm., 0.301 mole) in dry tert.-butyl alcohol (1 liter) is added as rapidly as possible. The solution is refluxed for another 1/2 hour, cooled to 20° C., stirred and treated with allyl bromide (36 gm., 0.301 mole). The mixture is stirred and refluxed for 4 hours, cooled and treated with water (250 ml.). The crude 2-allyl-6,7-dichloro-5-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one is separated by filtration, washed with water, dried and recrystallized from a mixture of benzene and hexane.

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