4-(6,7-Dimethyl-2-naphthyl)butanoic acid → 6,7-Dimethyl-4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene

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Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]2[C:9](=[CH:10][C:11]=1[CH3:12])[CH:8]=[C:7]([CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][C:16]([OH:18])=O)[CH:6]=[CH:5]2>CS(O)(=O)=O>[CH3:12][C:11]1[CH:10]=[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:3][C:2]=1[CH3:1])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]1[CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][C:16](=[O:18])[C:8]2=1

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Conditions

Temperature: 90 °C

Procedure

4-(6,7-Dimethyl-2-naphthyl)butanoic acid (6.21 g, 0.026 mole) was added to 40 ml of CH3SO3H. The mixture was heated to 90° C. until all solid material disappeared (about 30 min.). The mixture was poured into ice and then extracted twice with ethylacetate. Combined ethylacetate solution was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and then concentrated. After flash chromatography on silica gel, 6,7-Dimethyl-4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene was obtained as a pale yellow solid material (4.96 g, 0.022 mole, 85% yield). mp 114.0°-115.0° C., 1H NMR (CDCl3)δ 2.12-2.20 (m,2H), 2.41 (s,3H), 2.47 (s,3H), 2.77 (t, J=6.4 Hz,2H), 3.09 (t, J=6.4 Hz,2H), 7.21 (d, J=8.3 Hz,1H), 7.54 (s,1H), 7.31 (d, J=8.3 Hz,1H), 9.20 (s,1 H), IR (KBr) cm-1 2930, 1669, 1590, 1510, Anal. Calcd. for C16H16O: C, 85.67; H, 7.19. Found: C, 86.00; H, 7.18.

Workup

custom(about 30 min.)
additionThe mixture was poured into ice
extractionextracted twice with ethylacetate
dry with materialCombined ethylacetate solution was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4
concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-d7baf335e8064d1a906721aa38787009
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1996_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05484530

Reaction notes

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