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HRID 871190Generated: October 31, 2026

Methyl iodide → 9-Methylfluorene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethyl iodideHCID 6328—
ReactantFluoreneHCID 6853—
ReactantL-AltroseHCID 10219674—
ReactantButyllithiumHCID 178418339—
Product9-MethylfluoreneHCID 17299—

Reaction Steps

Fluorene (15.0 g, 90.4 mmol), n-BuLi (48.1 ml, 120 mmol, 2.5 M in hexane), RX=iodomethane (19.3 g, 136 mmol). 40 was isolated as a yellowish waxy solid (16.2 g, quant.). The analytical data were identical to those in the literature (M. A. Schmidt, H. G. Alt, W. Milius, J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 525, 15).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08969624B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_03
ORD IDord-16ef402a9e8c4625a31f3739f3773ba0
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_03