Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-cyclopropylethanol

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Crude 4-(4-chlorophenyl)but-1-en-4-ol from the previous reaction (85.37 g, approximately 92% pure, approximately 430 mmol), zinc dust (121.5 g, 1.86 mol), copper(I) chloride (18.69 g, 187 mmol) and dibromomethane (163.6 g, 936 mmol) in dry ether (250 ml) were heated under reflux for 3 hours in a sonic bath and then poured into 2M hydrochloric acid. The mixture was extracted with ether and the extract washed with 2M hydrochloric acid and brine, dried and evaporated in vacuo. Chromatography [SiO2, hexane-ethyl acetate (90:10)] gave 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-cyclopropylethanol (37.24 g, 44% from 4-chlorobenzaldehyde).

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