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Abstract
In connection with natural products synthesis, we had need of 2-acetylindene (IV). The only reported synthesis of this compound is by Rupe and Müller in 1921.1 These workers formylated benzylacetone (I) and cyclized the major compound (assumed to be II) with acid to give a solid, mp 122°, reported to be IV.