Glycerol → 4-(Acetyloxy)-2-butanone

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The method described in Example 5 is followed starting with glycerol and 4-hydroxy-2-butanone, suitably protected at the hydroxy group with an acetyl radical. 4-acetoxy-2-butanone is prepared starting from ethyl acetoacetate, protected at the carbonyl group as diethylacetal, by reduction with lithium-aluminium hydride, followed by restoring the keto group by means of silica in the presence of water (A: Banerje 8 G. P. Kalena, Synth. Commun (1982) 12, 225). 1,3-dioxolane-2-methyl-2'-(2-hydroxyethyl-4-acetylthiomethylene distills at 164°-170° C. (10 mm Hg). Yield 61%.

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