Hydrochloric Acid → 3,4-Dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-methoxy-3-(N-methyl-p-toluenesulfonamido)-1(2H)-naphthalenone

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To a cooled (with ice water) and stirred solution of 256 g of 2,2-dimethyl-4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-3-(N-methyl-p-toluenesulfonamido)-butyryl chloride in 1500 ml of dry benzene 195 g of aluminium chloride is added rather rapidly. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for an additional 25 minutes and then poured on to a mixture of ice and 950 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid. After stirring the mixture at room temperature for 30 minutes the organic layer is separated whereas the aqueous layer is shaken twice with benzene. The combined organic solutions are washed twice with water and again twice with an aqueous solution of potassium carbonate whereupon, after drying, the whole is concentrated in vacuo. The residue is taken up in ether which brings about the crystallization of the title product. White crystals melting at 119°-120° C. Yield 82%.

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