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Acknowledgment
We thank the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for fi-
nancial support of this work. We also thank Prof. Ilhyong Ryu for help-
ful discussions.
(8) Grignard-Type Phase-Vanishing Alkylation of Carbonyl Com-
pounds; Typical Procedure (Table 1, entry 1): Galden
HT135/200
= 1:1 (2 mL) was placed in a test tube
(13 mm Φ × 105 mm), to which MeI (571 mg, 4.0 mmol) was
added slowly using a glass pipette under argon. Anhydrous Et2O
(1 mL) was added slowly, whereupon three layers formed. Mg
powder (98 mg, 4.0 mmol) was then added slowly, and floated
between the Galden and ether layers, whereupon four layers
formed. Subsequently, a solution of 2-decanone (1a, 313 mg, 2.0
mmol) in anhydrous Et2O (3 mL) was added to the ether layer.
The bottom layer was stirred slowly at 25 °C for 2 d, taking care
not to mix the four layers. The ether solution and Mg salt were
taken into a flask, to which hydrochloric acid (2 M) was added
to quench the reaction, while cooling in an ice bath. The organic
layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with
Et2O. The organic layer was collected, dried over Na2SO4, and
concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatog-
raphy on silica gel (hexane–Et2O, 3:1) to give 2-methyl-2-
decanol (2a)13 (320 mg, 93%) as a colorless oil; 1H NMR (500
MHz, CDCl3): δ = 1.47–1.43 (m, 2 H, C-CH2), 1.34–1.28 (m, 12 H,
alkyl), 1.21 (s, 6 H, 2 × C-CH3), 0.88 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3 H, CH2-CH3);
13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 70.97, 43.95, 31.81, 30.12, 29.53,
29.20, 29.13, 24.28, 22.58, 14.01.
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solvents, which is commercially available from Solvay Solexis
Inc. The general structure of the solvents is shown in Figure 2.
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Phase-Vanishing Method; Typical Procedure (Table 3, entry
2): Galden HT135/200 = 1:1 (2 mL) was placed in a test tube
(13 mm φ × 105 mm), to which MeI (391 mg, 2.7 mmol) was
added slowly using a glass pipette under argon. Anhydrous Et2O
(1 mL) was added slowly, whereupon three layers formed. Mg
powder (61 mg, 2.5 mmol) was then added slowly, which
floated between the Galden and ether layers, whereupon four
layers formed. Subsequently, a solution of 1-octyne (221 mg, 2.0
mmol) in anhydrous Et2O (3 mL) was added to the ether layer.
The bottom layer was stirred slowly at 25 °C for 2 d, taking care
not to mix the four layers. After confirming that the MeI layer
vanished and Mg was consumed, a solution of dipentyl ketone
(1b, 341 mg, 2 mmol) anhydrous Et2O (1 mL) was slowly added
to the organic layer. The mixture was then stirred at 25 °C for 1
d. The ether solution and Mg salt were taken into a flask, to
which hydrochloric acid (2 M) was added to quench the reac-
tion, while cooling in an ice bath. The organic layer was sepa-
rated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether. The
organic layer was collected, dried over Na2SO4, and concen-
trated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on
silica gel (hexane–Et2O, 9:1) to give 6-(1-octynyl)undecan-6-ol
(4b; 466 mg, 83%) as a colorless oil. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3):
δ = 2.19 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 2 H, -CH2C≡), 1.82 (s, 1 H, OH), 1.61–1.57
(m, 6 H, 2 × -CH2CO + -CH2CH2C≡), 1.51–1.46 (m, 6 H, alkyl),
1.38–1.26 (m, 12 H, alkyl), 0.91–0.86 (m, 9 H, 3 × CH3); 13C NMR
(126 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 84.62, 83.19, 71.31, 42.24, 32.00, 31.50,
31.24, 28.66, 28.38, 23.93, 22.53, 18.54, 13.94; MS (EI, 70 eV):
m/z (%) = 280 (0.07), 262 (3), 209 (100), 195 (1), 177 (3), 163 (1),
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