Acetic Anhydride → HCID 23320340, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.6 g of rac-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro-3'-hydroxy-3'-hydroxymethyl-5',8'-dimethoxyspiro[1,3-dithiolane-2,1'-naphthalene] were dissolved in 30 ml of dry pyridine and 1.5 g. of acetic anhydride were added to the solution. The mixture was left to stand at room temperature for 20 hours and then poured into ice-cold 5-M sulphuric acid. The resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, the extracts were washed with water and sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried and evaporated to give 1.8 g of rac-3'-acetoxymethyl-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro-3'-hydroxy-5',8'-dimethoxyspiro[1,3-dithiolane-2,1'-naphthalene] in the form of a colourless oil which was used directly in the next step.

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