Sodium Chloride → HCID 10923477, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a -78° C. solution of lithium diisopropyl amide (from 43.8 ml (0.312 mol) of diisopropyl amine in 280 ml tetrahydrofuran and 119 ml (0.298 mol) of 2.5 M n-butyllithium) was slowly added a solution of 50 g (0.285 mol) of 7-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-naphthalenone in 100 ml tetrahydrofuran. The resultant reaction mixture was stirred 10 minutes at -78° C. The cooling bath was charged to a 0° C. ice bath, followed immediately by the rapid addition of 38 ml (0.32 mol) of benzyl bromide. Hexamethylphosphoramide (106 ml, 0.60 mol) was then added and the resultant solution stirred at 25° C. for 2 hours. The reaction was added to saturated NH4Cl and saturated NaCl, dried over MgSO4, and evaporated to an oil, which was purified via column chromatography on 1 Kg of silica gel eluted with 10% ether-hexane to give 20 g (26%) of the title compound as an oil.

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