Water → Ethyl 4-methylidenecyclohexane-1-carboxylate

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Triphenylmethylphosphonium bromide (53.7 g, 0.15 mol) was dissolved in 500 mL of THF, and potassium tert-butoxide (16.8 g, 0.15 mol) was added at −20° C. Reacted for 0.5 h after the temperature was raised to 0° C. Subsequently, ethyl 4-oxo-cyclohexylcarboxylate (Compound 8-1) (17 g, 0.1 mol) was dissolved in 100 mL of THF and added dropwise to the flask under nitrogen, reacted at room temperature for 3 hours, then a small amount of water was added to dissolve the solid, and rotary evaporated to remove THF, extracted with anhydrous diethyl ether, dried, and concentrated, the concentrate was dissolved in n-hexane, and filtered by silica gel, then concentrated to give Compound 8-2 as a colorless liquid (16.1 g, 95.7% yield).

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