Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 54012237, compound

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Reaction Steps

113.1 g of (6-amino-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-5-indanyl) methyl ketone are suspended in 2260 ml of 20% hydrochloric acid and the suspension is cooled down to 0°-5° C. The cold mixture is treated dropwise within 10 minutes with a solution of 33.9 g of sodium nitrite in 115 ml of water and the resulting solution is stirred for 30 minutes. The cold solution is subsequently introduced dropwise over a period of 2 hours while stirring into a solution of 243.2 g of copper (I) chloride in 250 ml of water and 250 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, which is warmed to 40°-45° C. The mixture is then cooled down, introduced into ice-water and extracted three times with methylene chloride. The organic extract is washed with a sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulphate and freed from solvent under reduced pressure. The residue is purified by adsorption on silica gel using hexane/acetone (19:1) for the elution. The (6-chloro-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-5-indanyl) methyl ketone obtained from the eluate melts at 69°-71° C. after recrystallisation from hexane/ether.

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