Ammonium Chloride → HCID 131737062, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of methyl cis-(1aRS,7bSR)-1,1-dibromo-5-methoxymethyl-1,1a,2,7b-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]chromene-4-carboxylate (Intermediate 8, 1.06 g), zinc dust (4.14 g), and ammonium chloride (1.75 g) in absolute ethanol (100 mL) was stirred and heated at reflux for 6 hours. Further zinc dust (2.0 g) and ammonium chloride (0.9 g) were added and the mixture was stirred and heated at reflux overnight. After cooling, the mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness. The residue was partitioned between DCM and water and the organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness to give methyl cis-(1aRS,7bSR)-5-methoxymethyl-1,1a,2,7b-tetrahydrocyclopropa[c]chromene-4-carboxylate (0.63 g) as an oil.

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