6-O-acetylglucal → 3-O-methoxyacetyl-6-O-acetylglucal

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Reaction Steps

325 mg (1.73 mmol) of 6-O-acetylglucal are dissolved in 1 ml of dimethoxyethane, 1 ml of vinyl methoxyacetate and 325 mg of lipase Fp (Pseudomonas fluorescens, Amano) are added, and the mixture is stirred at room tempera-tufa for 51/2hours. Filtering off the enzyme and flash chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate/hexane 1:2) result in 422 mg (1.62 mmol, 93.8% yield) of the desired 3-O-methoxyacetyl-6-O-acetylglucal.

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