Triethylamine → Ethyl 3,4-dihydronaphthalene-2-carboxylate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 2-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthol (2.45 g, 11.1 mmol), triethylamine (2.70 g, 26.7 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was cooled to 0° C., followed by adding dropwise thereto methanesulfonyl chloride (1.53 g, 13.3 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0-5° C. for 1.5 hours and then at room temperature for 7 hours, and allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into a cold aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted twice with ethyl acetate, and the extract solution was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and a 5% aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (eluent; ethyl acetate:n-hexane=1:99) to obtain 2.12 g of ethyl 3,4-dihydronaphthalene-2-carboxylate.

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