1,3-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid → 3-Oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-2,4-dione

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10 g (58.2 mmol) 1,3-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid were suspended in acetic anhydride (40 ml) and refluxed during 5 h. The solution was then cooled to room temperature and the solvents were removed in vacuo. The residue was then dissolved in a mixture of heptane (20 ml) and toluene (20 ml) and the solution was cooled to 4° C. The precipitated solid was then collected by filtration and washed with pentane to give 5.9 g of the titled compound as white needles.

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