Boron trifluoride etherate → Decalin

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Using a similar procedure to that described above (Method 2), trans-decalin (3.0 g, 22 mmol), elemental fluorine (44 mmol), boron trifluoride etherate (3.1 g, 22 mmol), and anhydrous acetonitrile (120 cm3) gave, after heating (82° C.) and the work-up as detailed above, a crude product mixture which was distilled to give decalin (1.5 g, 11 mmol); bp 50° C./8 mmHg. The brown solid which remained gave, after recrystallisation, N-(trans-9-decalyl)acetamide (1.0 g, 45%, 49% conv.) as a white solid; spectral and physical data as described in Example 3.

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