tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → 5-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one

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6-Bromo-1,1-dimethyl-indan 8g (4 g, 17.8 mmol) was dissolved in 40 mL of anhydrous dichloromethane, followed by addition of chromium oxide (280 mg, 1.8 mmol) and slowly dropwise addition of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (19 mL, 190 mmol). The reaction system was sealed and stirred overnight at room temperature after the reaction solution was crimson and the generated gas was released. The reaction was monitored by TLC until the disappearance of the starting materials. The mixture was diluted with 50 mL of water and extracted with dichloromethane (100 mL×3). The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound 5-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-indan-1-one 19a (3.5 g, 82.3%) as a white solid.

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