4-Bromotoluene → HCID 131723328, compound

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0.50 g (20.7 mmole) of magnesium turnings was stirred in 10 ml of ether of analysis purity. 2.55 ml (20.7 mmole) of 4-bromotoluene dissolved in 20 ml of ether were added dropwise so that the reaction mixture boiled gently. After completion of the addition the reaction mixture was stirred for a further hour at RT. 4.0 g (17.3 mmole) of the 2-(dimethylaminophenylmethyl)cyclohexanone prepared according to Example 1 were dissolved in 10 ml of ether, added dropwise to the Grignard reagent while cooling in an ice bath, and stirred for 15 hours at RT. The reaction solution was worked up by adding 30 ml of saturated ammonium chloride solution while cooling in an ice bath, and was extracted three times at RT with in each case 80 ml of ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated by evaporation on a rotary evaporator (500 to 10 mbar). 5.35 g of crude base (95.7%) of theory) were obtained. 1.73 g of 2-(dimethylaminophenylmethyl)-1-p-tolylcyclohexanol, hydrochloride (27.8% of theory) with a melting point of 168-169° C. were obtained from the crude base according to the procedure described in Example 1 (3rd stage) with chlorotrimethylsilane/water in 2-butanone.

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