Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 49765293, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a solution of 5-bromo-2-ethylphenyllead triacetate (20.00 g, 35.2 mmol) (described in WO08/071,405) in chloroform (100 ml) is added cyclohexane-1,3-dione (3.94 g, 35.2 mmol) and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (22.36 g, 176 mmol). After stirring the reaction at room temperature for 5 minutes toluene (50 ml) is added and the solution is heated at 80° C. for 4 hours. After cooling to room temperature the mixture is allowed to stand overnight, followed by treatment with 2M aqueous hydrochloric acid. Following filtration of the precipitate the biphasic solution is separated, and the aqueous phase is extracted again with dichloromethane (×2). Organic fractions are combined then evaporated under reduced pressure to yield a crude product which is purified by flash column chromatography (10% ethyl acetate/hexane to 70% ethyl acetate/hexane eluant) to afford 2-(5-bromo-2-ethylphenyl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione as a white solid.

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