3-(4-Methylphenyl)but-3-en-2-ol → 3-(4-Methylphenyl)-3-buten-2-one

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2.91 g of alcohol 39 is dissolved in 300 ml of methylene chloride, and 43.5 g of manganese dioxide is added under nitrogen. It is stirred overnight at room temperature, filtered on Celite, and the residue is chromatographed on silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane, whereby 850 mg of title compound 40 in addition to 1.06 g of the starting material are obtained as colorless oils.

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