Diethyl Ether → 1,1-Dimethylethyl tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-3-furancarboxylate

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The product of Step A, tert-butyl 4-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylate (0.95 g, 5.10 mmol) was placed in isopropylalcohol (14 mL) at 0-5° C., NaBH4 (77 mg, 2.04 mmol) was added, and stirred for 2 h. NaBH (77 mg, 2.04 mmol) was added again, and stirred at rt for 1 h, NaBH4 (39 mg, 1.02 mmol) was added, and stirred for 30 min. The reaction mixture was treated with Et2O to dilute, washed with brine, and extracted with Et2O twice. The organic layer was collected, extracted with a NaHCO3 aqueous solution, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (eluent, EtOAc/Hex=1/3) to give the title compound (0.83 g, 86.56%).

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