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Intramolecular acylation of 3-phenylpropionic acid to 2,3-dihydroindan-1-one (alpha-indanone) |
| Reaction type: | electrophilic substitution of aromatics, ring closure reaction, Friedel-Crafts acylation, reaction of the carbonyl group in carboxylic acids |
| Substance classes: | carboxylic acid, aromatics, ketone |
| Techniques: | extracting, shaking out, evaporating with rotary evaporator, filtering, rectifying, column distillation, distilling under reduced pressure, heating with oil bath, column chromatography |
| Degree of difficulty: | Easy |