Indene → Lithium, 1H-inden-1-yl-

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Indene (10.0 g, 0.0861 moles) was stirred in hexane (150 mL) as n-BuLi (0.8783 moles, 54.8 mL of 1.6 M solution in hexane) was added drop wise. The mixture was allowed to stir overnight at room temperature during which time a solid precipitated. After the reaction period the solid was collected via suction filtration, washed with hexane, dried under vacuum, and was used without further purification or analysis (9.35 g, 89.1% yield).

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