Acetone → 3,4-Dimethylhexane-2,5-dione

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Compound 219A was made in accordance with the procedures described in Hancock et al. J. Org. Chem. 42,1850–1856 (1977) & Amarnath et al. J. Org. Chem., 60, 301–307 (1995). 2-Propanone (100 mL, 1.1 mol) was refluxed over PbO2 (26.7 g, 0.112 mol) for 28 h. After cooling to rt, the reaction mixture was filtered and the residue was washed with acetone. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to remove the acetone and then distilled at 20 Torr. The fraction that came over between 100–120° C. was collected to give 6.75 g (42.5%) of 3,4-dimethylhexane-2,5-dione as a light yellow oil.

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