Pyridine → (R)-(1,4-dioxan-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate

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To a cooled (0° C.) solution of (S)-(1,4-dioxan-2-yl)methanol (Kim, H. Y., et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. (2005), 15:3207-11) (2.02 g, 17.1 mmol) and pyridine (14 mL, 173 mmol) in dichloromethane (11 mL) was added p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (3.85 g, 20.2 mmol). The reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 20 min and at ambient temperature for an additional 15.5 h. The solution was diluted with dichloromethane (100 mL) and was washed sequentially with hydrochloric acid (100 mL, 2 M), water (50 mL) and brine (50 mL). The organic solution was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography with hexanes/ethyl acetate (2:1 to 3:2) to afford (R)-(1,4-dioxan-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (3.40 g, 73%) as a colorless solid: mp 53-54° C. (dichloromethane); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ7.79 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.35 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 4.02 (dd, J=10.8, 5.4 Hz, 1H), 3.95 (dd, J=10.5, 4.5 Hz, 1H), 3.82-3.50 (m, 6H), 3.35 (dd, J=11.6, 9.8 Hz, 1H), 2.45 (s, 3H); MS (ES+) m/z 295.0 (M+23).

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