Hydrochloric Acid → tert-Butyl 12-hydroxy-4,7,10-trioxadodecanoate

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To triethyleneglycol (17.6 g, 117.20 mmol, 3.00 equiv) in anhydrous THF (70 mL), was added sodium (30 mg, 1.25 mmol, 0.03 equiv). Tert-butyl acrylate (5.0 g, 39.01 mmol, 1.00 equiv) was added after the sodium had dissolved. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature and then neutralized with 1.0 N hydrogen chloride. After removal of the solvent, the residue was suspended in 50 mL of brine and extracted with 3×50 mL of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After evaporation of the solvent, the tert-butyl 3-(2-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy)propanoate (9.6 g) was isolated as a colorless oil, which was used directly for the next reaction step without further purification.

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