Ammonium Chloride → 1-Methylidene-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-ol

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To a suspension of CH3PPh3I (924 mg, 2.29 mmol) in Et2O (20 mL) was added t-BuOK (256 mg, 2.29 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 15 minutes, to which was added dropwise 4-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxy)-indan-1-one (500 mg, 1.91 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then diluted with diethylether. The mixture was filtered on a pad of celite. The remaining precipitate was washed with diethylether. The combined filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude compound was dissolved in THF and then was added 1M-TBAF (in THF, 1.2 eq). The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at room temperature, treated with saturated ammonium chloride, and then extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by column chromatography to give 1-methylene-indan-4-ol (200 g, 72%).

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