Diisopropylamine → HCID 58136362, compound

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Under argon, 4.4 ml (31.5 mmol) of diisopropylamine were initially charged in 50 ml of THF, the mixture was cooled to −30° C. and 13.7 ml (31.5 mmol) of a 2.3 M solution of n-butyllithium in hexane were added slowly. The reaction solution was then warmed to −20° C., 5 g (24.3 mmol) of tert-butyl(4-methylphenyl)acetate, dissolved in 30 ml of THF, were added slowly, and the mixture was stirred at this temperature for 2 hours. The reaction solution was then cooled to −78° C., and 2.2 ml (25.7 mmol) of 2-cyclopenten-1-one, dissolved in 20 ml of THF, were added slowly. After the addition had ended, the solution was stirred at this temperature for another hour. After TLC check (mobile phase cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 9:1), saturated ammonium chloride solution was added and the mixture was taken up in ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase was extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulfate. After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified chromatographically on silica gel (mobile phase cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 9:1). This gave 3020 mg (10.47 mmol, 43% of theory) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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