Diethyl Ether → 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyl-1-propene

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62.5 ml of a 1.6 M solution of butyllithium in hexane was added to 500 ml of anhydrous ether. 38.5 g of isopropyltriphenylphosphonium bromide was added thereto in a nitrogen gas stream and the mixture was stirred for 4 h. 18 g of piperonal was added to the reaction mixture and the resulting mixture was stirred for 5.5 h and then filtered. The filtrate was washed with 1 l of ether, concentrated under reduced pressure and purified according to silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=10:1) to obtain 13.1 g of the intended compound in the form of a colorless oil.

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