chloro-(4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-isopropyl-1H-inden-1-yl)-dimethylsilane → [4-(4-t-butylphenyl)-2-isopropyl-1H-inden-1-yl][4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]naphthalen-1-yl]dimethylsilane

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Solution of 9-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]naphthalene (4d, 2.97 g, 9.38 mmol) in Et2O (50 ml) was cooled to −60° C., and n-BuLi (1.6 M in hexane, 6.04 ml, 9.67 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature, stirred for 3 h, cooled to −60° C., and CuCN (50 mg, 0.55 mmol) was added. After 15 min, solution of chloro-(4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-isopropyl-1H-inden-1-yl)-dimethylsilane (9.67 mmol) in Et2O (24 ml) was added, and resulting mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 16 h. Water (5 ml) and hexane (200 ml) were added, organic phase was separated, dried over MgSO4, passed through silica gel and evaporated. The product was dried in vacuo and used without purification.

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