Methyl vinyl ketone → {[2-(2-Acetoxyethyl)-6,7-dichloro-2,3-dihydro-1-oxo-2-(3-oxobutyl)-1H-inden-5-yl]oxy}acetonitrile

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{[2-(2-Acetoxyethyl)-6,7-dichloro-2,3-dihydro-1-oxo-1H-inden-5-yl]oxy}acetonitrile (3.42 g, 10 mMole) is dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml), warmed to 40° C. and diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (50 microliters) added. Then methyl vinyl ketone (1.2 g, 17 mMole) is added and the mixture stirred at 50°-52° C. for two hours. More methyl vinyl ketone (600 mg) and diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (2 drops) are added and stirring and heating continued for another 2 hours. The solution is cooled, treated with ethyl acetate (50 ml) and poured into ice water (250 ml) containing acetic acid (1 ml). The organic layer is separated and the aqueous layer extracted first with methylene chloride and then with ether. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed by evaporation in vacuo to give the desired product.

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