Potassium tert-butoxide → (2R)-2-[(4-fluorophenoxy)methyl]oxirane

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To a stirred mixture of 13.4 parts of (+)-(S)-3-(4-fluorophenoxy)-1,2-propanediol, O1 -4-methylbenzenesulfonate and 45 parts of tetrahydrofuran were added 4.9 parts of kalium 1,1-dimethyl ethoxide. The whole was stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature. It was filtered over Hyflo, washed with tetrahydrofuran and the filtrate was evaporated. The residue was distilled, yielding 3.8 parts (57.3%) of (-)-(R)-[(4-fluorophenoxy)methyl]oxirane; bp. 54° C. at 66.5 Pa; [α]D =4.08 (c=0.5% in trichloromethane) (148).

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