Acetonitrile → 4-((2-Methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)methyl)tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-ol

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A mixture of potassium 2-methoxy-4-nitrophenolate (3.02 g, 14.59 mmol), sodium phosphate monobasic, monohydrate (2.014 g, 14.59 mmol), acetonitrile (12 mL), water (3 mL) and 1-oxa-6-thiaspiro[2.5]octane (1.90 g, 14.59 mmol), prepared as described in patent WO 2005/063729 A1, was heated at 150° C. for 3.5 h in a microwave reactor. After cooling to RT, acetonitrile was mostly removed under vacuum, the remaining material was partitioned between EtOAc (100 mL) and H2O (15 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×15 mL) and the combined organic layers were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, hexanes:EtOAc, 100:0 to 60:40) to afford 1.83 g (42%) of the title compound as a yellow solid: 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.87 (dd, J=9.07, 2.47 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (d, J=2.75 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (d, J=9.35 Hz, 1H), 4.75 (s, 1H), 3.89 (s, 3H), 3.85 (s, 2H), 2.87-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.49 (s, 1H), 2.38 (d, J=13.20 Hz, 2H), 1.82-1.89 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.82 (m, 2H). HPLC retention time: 2.985 min; LCMS (ES): m/z 282 [M+H]+.

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