Isopropyl iodide → 9H-Fluorene, 9-(1-methylethyl)-

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Fluorene (15.0 g, 90.4 mmol), n-BuLi (48.1 ml, 120 mmol, 2.5 M in hexane), RX=2-iodopropane (14.0 ml, 139.6 mmol). 42 was isolated as a yellowish solid (18.7 g, quant.). The analytical data were identical with these to be found in the literature (M. A. Schmidt, H. G. Alt, W. Milius, J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 525, 15).

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