Pyridine → HCID 87843343, compound

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In a nitrogen atmosphere, 64.0 g of butyryl chloride was added dropwise to a mixture of 94.1 g of 2-isopropylidene-5-methyl-4-hexenol (3) having a purity of 81.1% and an α,β-isomer purity of 98.1%, 50 g of pyridine and 500 ml of acetonitrile over 55 minutes which was stirred under cooling with ice. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours under cooling with ice. To the reaction mixture was added an aqueous solution of saturated sodium bicarbonate, followed by extraction with diethyl ether. The diethyl ether solution was subjected to work-up including washing, drying and concentration to obtain 131.22 g of the crude product. The crude product was purified by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain, as the intended product, 23.54 g of a fraction having a purity of 92.8% and an α,β-isomer purity of 97.0% and 82.05 g of a fraction having a purity of 92.2% and an α,β-isomer purity of 98.3%. The yield of fractions including the other fractions was 95%.

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