Potassium Hydroxide → 4,4-Dimethyl-7-[(dimethylamino)thiocarbonyloxy]-1-tetralone

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To a solution of 4,4-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-1-tetralone (XIV) (3.07 g, 16.16 mmol) in water (10.77 mL) containing potassium hydroxide (904 mg) cooled below 10° C. was added N,N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride (2.67 g, 21.6 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (4.30 mL); the reaction temperature kept below 12° C. After 10 minutes, reaction mixture is made basic by the addition of a 10% aqueous KOH solution (5.39 mL). Product is extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL), organic phases concentrated in vacuo and the residue chromatographed on silica gel (eluted with 10% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give 3.74 g (Y: 84%) of title product; 1H-NMR (CDCl3): δ7.68 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.27 (dd, J=8.5, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 3.46 (s, 3H), 3.34 (s, 3H), 2.73 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 2.04 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 1.41 (s, 6H); MS (DCI) m/e: 278 (MH+).

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