2,5-Dimethoxytetrahydrofuran → HCID 57042027, compound

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Reaction Steps

5 g (0.016 mmol) of the compound from Example XXIX are dissolved in 70 ml of acetic acid, 2.78 g (0.02 mol) of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran are added and the mixture is heated to boiling for 2 hours. After distilling off the acetic acid in vacuo, taking up the residue in 200 ml of dichloromethane, extracting with water, drying with sodium sulphate and concentrating in vacuo to a small volume, the brown oil which remains (6 g) is separated by column chromatography (silica gel 60, eluent: toluene/ethyl acetate=4:1).

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