Water → (3-Methyloxetan-3-yl)methyl hex-5-ynoate

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To a solution of 5-hexynoic acid (10.0 g) and 3-methyl-3-oxetane methanol (10.0 g) in methylene chloride (50 ml), 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (20.5 g), and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (1.09 g) were added under cooling with ice. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into iced water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The orgnic layer was washed by water and an aqueous saturated solution of sodium chloride, sucessively, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to obtain the title compound (16.7 g) having the following physical data.

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