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4:5:6:7-Tetrahydroindan-I-one

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THE appearance of a paper by Johnson and Hunt1 prompts us to place on record the results of a closely related number of experiments. The work was undertaken to explore the possibility of converting the readily available β-cyclohexanolpropiolic acids2 to hydrindanones.

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LINNELL, W., MATHIESON, D. 4:5:6:7-Tetrahydroindan-I-one. Nature 165, 1010–1011 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1651010b0

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