Carbon Dioxide → (Z)-3-hex-1-enyl-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid

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3.72 g of (Z)-6-bromo-7-hex-1-enyl-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene (75% pure) were placed in 25 ml of abs. tetrahydrofuran and treated at -75° with 8.25 ml of 1.55M n-BuLi (hexane) (1.2 eq.). After 1/2 h., a CO2 stream was conducted vigorously through the solution for 30 min., with the temperature rising to -60° in spite of constant cooling. The mixture was left to warm to room temperature, poured on to ice/HCl solution, extracted with diethyl ether, washed with H2O, dried over Na2SO4 and the solvent was removed in a vacuum. Two-fold flash chromatography on SiO2 (hexane/ethyl acetate=85/15, then 9/1) yielded 1.06 g of (Z)-3-hex-1-enyl-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid as colorless crystals.

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