Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether → (2SR, 4RS)-4-cyano-4-(3-iodophenyl)-2-methyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran

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The titled compounds were prepared according to the procedure described in Example 25A except that 3-iodophenyacetonitrile and 1-iodo-2-(2-iodoethoxy)propane were used in place of 3,5-difluorophenylacetonitrile and bis-(2chloroethyl)ether. The diastereomers were separated by silica gel column chromatography to afford 1.46 g (38%) of a less polar isomer, (2SR, 4RS)-4-cyano-4-(3-iodophenyl)-2-methyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydr o-2H-pyran; and 1.31 g (34%) of a more polar isomer, (2SR, 4SR)-4-cyano-4-(3-iodophenyl)-2-methyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran.

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