Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 54084188, compound

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Reaction Steps

In a 1 liter three necked round bottomed flask fitted with a magnetic stirring apparatus and a reflux condenser 2,3,4,7-tetramethyl-1-indanone (35) (19.52 g, 0.1 mol) was dissolved in dry diethyl ether (300 ml) under an argon atmosphere. The mixture was cooled with ice and methyllithium (45 ml, 3 M solution in diethoxymethane, 0.135 mol) was added dropwise via a syringe, then the mixture was refluxed for 3 h. When the yellow reaction mixture had cooled a mixture of concentrated HCl (20 ml) and H2O (60 ml) was added via an addition funnel. The resulting mixture was transferred to a separation funnel and extracted with diethyl ether (3×200 ml). The combined organic layers were stirred overnight with 15 ml concentrated HCl. After this time the reaction mixture was carefully adjusted to pH 7 with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium carbonate. The reaction mixture was transferred into a separation funnel. The organic layer was washed with H2O (3×100 ml), dried over MgSO4, filtered and the solvent removed under reduced pressure to give a yellow liquid. This residue was purified via column-chromatography [(SiO2, 25×9 cm) eluent: cyclohexane] to afford 1,2,3,4,7-pentamethylindene (38) (8.35 g, 44%) as a yellow liquid; then (35) (starting material) (9.60 g, 49%) (eluent: cyclohexane:ethylacetate (10:1)) as a yellow liquid.

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