Acetic Anhydride → (3R,4R)-3,4-Bis(benzoyloxy)dihydro-2,5-furandione

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To a 3-necked 5 L round bottom flask fitted with a mechanical stirrer and a teflon coated thermocouple was added (−)-2,3-dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid (1000 g, 2.79 mol) followed by acetic anhydride (2 L). The suspension was stirred and heated to 85° C. for 2 h during which time the starting material gradually dissolved. A short time thereafter, the product began to crystallize in the reaction mixture and the suspension was then cooled to 25° C. The product was collected by filtration, washed with 10% acetone in hexane (2×1 L), and dried in a vacuum oven at 50° C. overnight to afford the title compound (102) as a white solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 6.0 (s, 2H), 7.45 (app. t, 4H), 7.65 (app. t, 2H), 8.05 (d, 4H).

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