Acetic Acid → {1-[Hydroxy-(2-phenyl-[1,3]dithian-2-yl)methyl]pentyl}carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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2-Phenyl-1,3-dithiane (Aldrich) (3.79 g; 19.3 mmol) was mixed with dry distilled THF (20 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere. The solution was cooled to −60° C. and n-buty lithium (1.6M in pentane, 1.56 mmol, 9.74 mL) was added slowly by syringe. The reaction mixture was warmed to −20° C. and held at that temperature for 30 min., and then held at −10° C. for 15 min. The yellow solution was cooled to −78° C. and (1-formylpentyl)carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (1.6 g, 1.4 mmol, in 5 mL THF) was added rapidly (over 20 seconds) and 60 seconds later a mixture of 2 mL acetic acid and 5 mL THF was added rapidly. After warming to 23° C. the solution was concentrated at reduced pressure. Excess 2-phenyl-1,3-dithiane was removed by its crystallization away from the desired product using a minimum of ethyl acetate in hexane. The mother liquors were concentrated and chromatographed using a hexane-ethyl acetate gradient to afford {1-[hydroxy-(2-phenyl-[1,3]dithian-2-yl)methyl]pentyl}carbamic acid tert-butyl ester. (1.7 g, 56% yield).

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