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Iodoethane → 9-Ethyl-9H-fluorene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantIodoethaneHCID 6340—
ReactantFluoreneHCID 6853—
ReactantButyllithiumHCID 178418339—
Product9-Ethyl-9H-fluoreneHCID 1680197.5%

Reaction Steps

Fluorene (5.0 g, 30.1 mmol), n-BuLi (16 ml, 40 mmol, 2.5 M in hexane), RX=iodoethane (7.04 g, 45.1 mmol). 41 was isolated as yellow oil (5.7 g, 97%). Analytical data were identical to those in the literature (K. D. Bartle, P. M. G. Bavin, D. W. Jones, R. L'Amie, Tetrahedron 1970, 26, 911).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08969624B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_03
ORD IDord-254fceaf47f8491e919b2fad3dd7405e
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_03