Water → HCID 178455764, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 30.2 g (74.7 mmol) of methyltriphenylphosphonium iodide and 400 ml of THF was cooled to -50° C. To this mixture was added 9.23 g (82.2 mmol) of t-BuOK and the resulting mixture was stirred for one hour. To this mixture was added dropwise a solution of 20.0 g (59.8 mmol) of trans-4-(trans-4-(trans-4-formylcyclohexyl)cyclohexyl)cyclohexane carboxylic acid methyl ester in 500 ml of THF, while maintaining a temperature at below -50° C. After the dropwise addition, the reaction temperature was gradually allowed to rise up to room temperature. After 300 ml of water was added to the reaction mixture, the reaction mixture was extracted with 1000 ml of toluene. The organic layer was washed three times with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography (a developing solvent: heptane) to give 9.90 g of crude trans-4-(trans-4-(trans-4-ethenylcyclohexyl)cyclohexyl)-cyclohexane carboxylic acid methyl ester.

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