Ethylene Glycol → 2-Methyl-2-(3-nitropropyl)-1,3-dioxolane

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In a flame dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and a Dean-Stark apparatus and under inert atmosphere (N2), crude 5-nitro-pentan-2-one (28.53 mmol) was dissolved in dry toluene (28 mL). Ethylene glycol (10.2 mL, 183.02 mmol) and p-TsOH (696 mg, 3.66 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture stirred at 120° C. for 5 h. The reaction mixture was then cooled down to rt and sat. aq. NaHCO3 was added. The layers were separated and the org. layer washed with brine (2×), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by FC (hept-EA, 4:1) to give the title compound as a pale brown oil. TLC:rf (4:1 hept-EA)=0.21.

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