Tetrahydrofuran → 1-Chlor-5-methyl-3-phenylhex-5-en-3-ol

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To a well stirred mixture of 3-chloropropiophenone (10.0 g, 59.3 mmol), zinc powder (4.0 g, 1.03 equiv), satd aq NH4Cl solution (150 mL), THF (70 mL), a solution of the 3-bromo-2-methylprop-1-ene (16 g, 2 equiv) was added slowly. The reaction was exothermic mildly. After the addition, the mixture was heated to reflux for 1.5 h. After being cooled to rt, the mixture was diluted with EtOAc (200 mL), separated, washed with brine (35 mL), and dried over Na2SO4. After filtration and concentration, the residue was purified by chromatography on a 120 g silica gel column, eluted with a 0-10% methanol in CH2Cl2 gradient, to afford 1-chloro-5-methyl-3-phenylhex-5-en-3-ol (8.67 g product, 65% yield).

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