Hydrochloric Acid → 1-[5-(Benzyloxy)-2-nitrophenyl]-2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol

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35.9 ml (16.33 mmol) of a 0.5 M isopropenylmagnesium bromide solution in THF are slowly added at −78° C. to a solution of 3.0 g (11.66 mmol) of 5-benzyloxy-2-nitrobenzaldehyde in 50 ml of THF. After addition is complete, the mixture is stirred at −78° C. for 2 h, then treated with 40 ml of water and warmed to room temperature. The mixture is treated with 10 ml of 1 N hydrochloric acid, the aqueous phase is extracted 2× with ethyl acetate, and the combined organic extracts are dried over sodium sulphate and freed from the solvent in vacuo. Purification of the crude product on silica gel (CH2Cl2) affords 1.7 g (48.7%) of 1-[5-(benzyloxy)-2-nitrophenyl]-2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol as a yellow oil.

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