Diethyl Ether → 1-(5,5-Dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzo[c]thiophen-1-yl)-ethanone

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To a solution of 5,5-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzo[c]thiophene-1-carboxylic acid (1051 mg, 5.0 mmol) in diethyl ether (15 mL) and THF (8 mL), methyllithium (7 mL of a 1.6 M solution in diethyl ether) is added. The mixture is stirred at rt for 15 min before the reaction is quenched with ethanol. The mixture is diluted with 10% aq. citric acid and extracted with TBME. The organic extract is washed three times with sat. aq. NaHCO3, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to give crude 1-(5,5-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzo[c]thiophen-1-yl)-ethanone (1.0 g) as a brownish oil; LC-MS: tR=1.03 min, [M+1]=209.07.

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