Isopropyltriphenylphosphonium iodide → 1-Bromo-12-methyl-11-tridecene

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Isopropyltriphenylphosphonium iodide (6 g, 14 mmoles) was suspended in tetrahydrofuran (120 ml), stirred at -40° C. and treated with n-butyllithium (14 mmoles) dissolved in hexane (2.5M). The mixture was stirred at -40° C. for 15 minutes, cooled to -75° C. and treated with a solution of 1-bromo-11-oxoundecane (2.8 g, 11.5 mmoles) in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml). The mixture was stirred at -75° C. for 15 minutes, allowed to warm to 25° C. and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was triturated with hexane, filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluted with hexane to afford 1-bromo-12-methyl-11-tridecene.

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