Reaction #1702070

Reaction equation

5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl methyl ketone

toluene

Lawesson's reagent

→

5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl ethanethione

Solvents

water

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Extractionextracted by dichloromethane
2. 2
   Concentrationthe combined organic layers were concentrated under reduced pressure
3. 3
   OtherThe crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography

Procedure

To 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl methyl ketone (13.3 mg, 53.9 μmol) were added anhydrous toluene (1 mL) and Lawesson's reagent (32.0 mg, 80.9 mmol) followed by stirring at 120° C. for 24 hours. The reaction solution was poured into cold water and extracted by dichloromethane, and the combined organic layers were concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography using hexane/ethyl acetate (12/1) as an elution solvent. The yield was 4.2 mg (30%).

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