Water → 4-Hydroxy-1-phenylbut-2-yn-1-one

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To a solution of (1-phenyl-4-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yloxy)but-2-yn-1-one (3.0 g, 12.3 mmol) in EtOH (20 mL) was added pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (0.62 g, 2.5 mmol). The resulting solution was stirred for 1 h at 50° C. and then the reaction mixture was poured into water (150 mL), extracted with Et2O (3×50 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated in vacuo to afford 4-hydroxy-1-phenylbut-2-yn-1-one as a dark red oil (3.2 g, crude).

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