Allyl chloride → 1-(4,6-Dimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)but-3-en-1-ol

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To a stirred slurry of 53 grams of magnesium (2.2 mole) and 500 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran under nitrogen, is added dropwise a solution of 168 grams (2.2 moles) of allyl chloride and 276 grams (2.0 moles) of 4,6-dimethyl-3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde at reflux over a two-hour period. The reaction mixture is heated at reflux for 30 minutes, whereupon 400 ml of toluene is added. A distillation head is attached to the reaction flask and the toluene is distilled at atmospheric pressure to a pot temperature of 114° C. The remaining solution is cooled to 0° C., whereupon 900 ml of 18% aqueous hydrochloric acid solution is slowly added with external cooling. Two clear layers are formed. The aqueous layer is discarded and the organic layer is washed twice with water, neutralizing the second wash with caustic soda. The organic layer is quickly distilled. The distillate is fractionally redistilled through a 1"×12" Goodloe packed column to afford 250 grams of 4,6-dimethyl-alpha-allyl-3-cyclohexene-methanol (b.p. 102°, 3.2 mm Hg pressure).

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