3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran → ethyl 2-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)acetate

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To a mixture of ethyl 2-hydroxyacetate (2 g, 20 mmol, Aldrich) and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran (3.2 g, 40 mmol, Alfa) in 40 mL of CH2Cl2 was added PPTS (500 mg, 2 mmol) slowly at rt. The mixture was stirred at rt for 4 hours, and then the mixture was washed with brine (20 mL×2), the combined organic phases were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (PE: EtOAc=20:1) to give colorless oil (3.01 g, 81%).

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