Hydrochloric Acid → Fluoreneone

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

60 mmol of 4-ethoxy-3,3′-difluoro-4′-butoxybiphenyl (5) are introduced into 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran, and the mixture is cooled to −70° C. 120 mmol of a 1.6 M solution of n-butyllithium in hexane are added dropwise, and the mixture is stirred at this temperature for 2 hours. 60 mmol of dimethyl carbonate are subsequently added rapidly with vigorous stirring, the mixture is stirred at −70° C. for a further hour, allowed to warm to 0° C., hydrolysed with dilute hydrochloric acid and subjected to conventional work-up.

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