ethyl 7-hydroxy-7-phenylheptanoate

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: 2-Naphthol (1.152 g) and ethyl 7-hydroxy-7-phenyl-heptanoate (2g) were dissolved in methylene chloride (20 ml) followed by dropwise addition of boron trifluoride-ether complex (0.56 g). After 5 hours of stirring, the reaction mixture was extracted with chloroform and the extract was washed with water, dried, and concentrated. The residue was applied to a silica gel column (hexane-ethyl acetate) to provide the title compound (1.94 g). followed by dropwise addition of boron trifluoride-ether complex (0.56 g) the reaction mixture was extracted with chloroform the extract was washed with water dried concentrated