Water → 4-(2-Benzyloxyethyl)cyclohexanone

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8-(2-Benzyloxy-ethyl)-1,4-dioxa-spiro[4.5]decane (Intermediate A1) (1.02 g, 3.70 mmol) (obtained as described in: Ciufolini et. al. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 8016, incorporated herein by reference) was dissolved in acetone (100 mL):H2O (5 mL) and reacted with TsOH (140 mg, 0.74 mmol) at 45° C. for 5 h. After a standard aqueous work-up the material was purified by chromatography on SiO2 to give 4-(2-benzyloxy-ethyl)-cyclohexanone as a colorless oil (97%).

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