Trityl chloride → (S)-ethyl 3-hydroxy-4-trityloxybutanoate

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To (S)-ethyl 3,4-dihydroxybutanoate (1.40 g, 9.45 mmol) in methylene chloride (20 ml) were added triethylamine (1.15 g, 11.36 mmol) and DMAP (17 mg, 0.139 mmol) and the solution was cooled in ice bath. Trityl chloride (2.90 g, 10.4 mol) in methylene chloride (15 ml) was dropped to the solution under stirring and then stirred at room temperature over night. The reaction mixture was washed with saturated ammonium chloride and then saturated brine, dried on magnesium sulfate, filtered and condensed in vacuo. The residue was subjected to silica gel chromatography to give (S)-ethyl 3-hydroxy-4-trityloxybutanoate (1.11 g, yield 31%).

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