Iodoacetic Acid → [(5,6-Dichloro-9a-ethyl-3-oxo-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydro-3H-fluoren-7-yl)oxy]acetic acid

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5,6-Dichloro-9a-ethyl-7-hydroxy-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydro-3H-fluoren-3-one (Example 1, Step C) (15 gm., 0.048 mole), potassium carbonate (13.3 gm., 0.096 mole), dimethylformamide (100 ml.) and iodo-acetic acid (10.6 gm., 0.057 mole) is stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into water (150 ml.), stirred, warmed to 50° C., filtered and the filtrate acidified with 6 N hydrochloric acid to obtain [(5,6-dichloro-9a-ethyl-3-oxo-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydro-3H-fluoren-7-yl)oxy]acetic acid, which after recrystallization from acetic acid, melts at 237° C.-238° C.

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