Fluorene → HCID 178506660, compound

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Reaction Steps

With stirring, 113 ml of a 1.6 M solution of n-butyllithium in hexane (0.18 mol) were added to a solution of 25 g (0.15 mol) of fluorene in 220 ml of diethyl ether. To bring the reaction to completion, the mixture was boiled under reflux for 6 h and then stirred at room temperature overnight. The solvent was subsequently removed under reduced pressure and the resulting yellow powder was washed repeatedly with petroleum ether and dried under reduced pressure. This gave fluorenyllithium (compound II) in almost quantitative yield.

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