Sodium hydride → 2H-Pyran, 2-[(1R)-1-[2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxiranyl]ethoxy]tetrahydro-

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To dimethyl sulfoxide (650 ml) was added, at room temperature, 60% sodium hydride in oil (15.2 g) by portions during 10 minutes. The mixture was stirred for 10 minutes at room temperature, to which was added by portions trimethylsulfoxonium iodide (83.7 g) during one hour. To the resultant mixture was added dropwise during one hour a solution of 2',4'-difluoro-2-(3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yloxy)propiophenone (86.5 g) in dimethyl sulfoxide (150 ml). The mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature, then the reaction mixture was poured into ice-water (1.5 l), which was subjected to extraction 5 times with ethyl acetate (300 ml). The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water (300 ml) for four times, followed by drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to leave 2-[1-(3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yloxy)ethyl]-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)oxirane (83.4 g) as a pale yellow oily product.

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