Hydrochloric Acid → 9-Ethyl-9H-fluorene

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A solution of n-butyllithium (79.52 cm3, 0.2168 mol, 2.5M in hexane) was added slowly to a solution of fluorene (30.00 g, 0.1807 mol) in THF (300 cm3) at −70° C. The solution was stirred for 1 hour at −75° C. and 1-bromoethane (17.59 cm3, 0.2349 mol) was added slowly. The solution was allowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred overnight. Dilute hydrochloric acid (200 ml, 20%) was added to the reaction mixture and stirred for a further 10 minutes. Water (250 cm3) was added and the product extracted into diethyl ether (3×300 cm3). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgSO4) and the solvent removed on a rotary evaporator. The resulting oil was purified by distillation to yield a pale yellow oil (25.00 g, 71%, b.pt.—150° C. @ 1 mbar Hg).

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