HCID 18386460, compound → HCID 23664898, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-(2-methylphenyl)-2-isopropylindene (6.6 g, 26.5 mmol) was dissolved in 80 mL of pentane. To this solution was added 10.6 mL of n-BuLi (2.5M in hexane) and the reaction was allowed to stir 4 hours at room temperature. A white solid precipitates from solution and was collected by frit filtration and washed with additional pentane. Yield was 5.8 g (88%).

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