1-Chloro-3-methyl-2-butene → Ethanone, 1-[2,4,6-trihydroxy-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)phenyl]-

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In 250 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was dissolved 50.0 g of 2',4',6'-trihydroxyacetophenone, and 123.1 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate was added to the solution and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then, 37.2 g of 1-chloro-3-methyl-2-butene was added dropwise to the mixture over a period of 20 minutes and reaction was carried out at room temperature for 24 hours. After the reaction, the reaction mixture was extracted with 2 l of ethyl acetate and the solvent was removed from the ethyl acetate layer by distillation, and the residue was recrystallized from a benzene/petroleum ether mixed solvent to obtain 38.6 g (yield=55.0%) of 2',4',6'-trihydroxy-3'-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)acetophenone in the form of a yellow prism.

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