Cyclohexane → o-Nitrophenyl cyclopropyl ketone

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 1 (o-nitrophenyl)-4-bromo-1-butanone (0.75 g, 2.75 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (THF) under nitrogen is cooled to -78° C. with stirring, cautiously treated with 2.21 ml of 1.5M lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in cyclohexane (3.3 mmol LDA), held at -78° C. for 1 hour, allowed to warm to 0° C. for 2 hours and poured onto a saturated NH4Cl solution. The resultant mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The extracts are combined, washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give a residue. The residue is purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel; gradient 15%→25% ethyl acetate in hexane as eluent) to give the title product as a yellow oil, 0.34 g, 64% yield, identified by NMR and mass spectral analyses.

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