Water → 4-Methoxy-5-methyl-indan-1-one

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To a suspension of 4-Hydroxy-5-methyl-indan-1-one (50.0 gm, 0.308 mole) and Potassium carbonate (127.0 gm, 0.928 mole) in Dimethylformamide (250 ml), Dimethyl sulphate (90 ml, 0.928 mole) was added at 0° C. The reaction mixture was heated at 60-65° C. and stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water (1 liter) and extracted with Ethylacetate (3×250 ml). The organic layer was dried over Sodium sulphate and distilled under vacuum to give 10.0 gm of crude product which was purified by column chromatography using Hexane as a mobile phase. The collected fractions were distilled under vacuum to give 45.0 gm of desired product as a viscous oil.

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