p-Toluenesulfonic acid → 1,3-dichloro-2-(methoxymethoxy)propane

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1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol (10.0 g, 77.5 mmol) was dissolved in dimethoxymethane (150 ml), lithium bromide (20.2 g, 232.5 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid (1.33 g, 7.8 mmol) were added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was neutralized and partitioned with 5% aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution (50 ml) and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Anhydrous magnesium sulfate was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated to give a crude title compound (12.44 g). The crude title compound was distilled under reduced pressure (15 mmHg, 83° C.) to give a pure title compound (7.7 g, yield 57.5%).

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