Acrylic Acid → Oxan-2-yl prop-2-enoate

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A mixture of 310 mL (2.75 mol) of 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran, 99.1 g (94 mL, 1.38 mol) of acrylic acid, 5 g of crosslinked poly(4-vinylpyridine hydrochloride) (Fluka Chemical Corp., catalog number 82803, 6 meq/g), and 0.5 g of phenothiazine was warmed until an exothermic reaction caused the temperature to rise to 99° C. An ice bath was used to cool the mixture to 65° C., and the mixture was stirred at 65° C. for 18 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was filtered to remove the catalyst. NMR analysis of the filtrate showed the presence of 2-tetrahydropyranyl acrylate and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran with little or no acrylic acid. The mixture was stirred with anhydrous sodium carbonate and calcium hydride for 1 hour. After removal of excess 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran in a rotary evaporator, distillation over calcium hydride, anhydrous sodium carbonate, and phenothiazine gave 136.6 g of 2-tetrahydropyranyl acrylate, b.p. 66°-70° C. (3.2 mm).

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