Neopentyl glycol → 2-(4-Bromophenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane

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The following describes an improved procedure at three times larger scale in much shorter time compared with the literature (Hewlins et al. (1986) J. Chem. Res. (M), 8: 2645–2696). 4-Bromobenzaldehyde (3.00 g, 16.2 mmol), neopentylglycol (1.86 g, 17.9 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid (50 mg, 0.3 mmol) were dissolved in toluene (30 mL) and the solution was refluxed for 3 h. Then the solution was cooled to rt, washed twice with aq NaHCO3 (10%), twice with water and dried (Na2SO4). The solvent was evaporated and the oily residue was crystallized from hexanes, affording colorless needles (2.81 g, 64%). 13C NMR (APT) δ 21.7 (−), 22.9 (−), 30.1 (+), 77.5 (+), 100.8 (−), 122.7 (+), 127.8 (−), 131.3 (−), 137.5 ((+)).

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