摘要 |
Butyl 2-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate is prepared by reacting 5-phenylbutyrolactone in a butanol solvent in the presence of HCl in a molar ratio of 5-phenylbutyrolactone to butanol of 1:1 to 1:5 in the absence of a catalyst at 0 DEG to 50 DEG C., thereby producing 4-chloro-4-phenylbutanoate, removing butanol and water from the ester product by distillation, and cyclizing the 4-chloro-4-phenylbutanoate without purification in a solution of a sodium butoxide in the corresponding butanol at 50 DEG to 150 DEG C. and at a molar ratio of alcoholate to chlorine compound of 1:1 to 3:1.
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