1,3-Propanediol → HCID 59856354, compound

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An oven-dried, 250-mL round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar and reflux condenser was cooled under argon and charged with NaH (0.800 g of 60% in mineral oil, 20 mmols). The powder was washed with pentane (3×100 mL) and dried in vacuum. Acetonitrile (50 mL) was added by syringe and the mixture stirred at room temperature. 1,3-Propane diol (10 mL) was added dropwise over ten min. to form a white insoluble precipitate. The suspension was vigorously stirred for one hour at which time 20 mL was taken up by syringe and added dropwide to a 250-mL round bottom flask charged with 2-(3,5-Bis-bromomethyl-phenyl)-(1,3,2)dioxaborinane (2.865 g, 8.2 mmols) and acetonitrile (50 mL). The mixture was stirred for 12 hr at room temperature. A reflux condenser was attached along with a vacuum adapter and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux under argon for two hours. The acetonitrile was removed in vacuo and the residue purified by flash chromatography (EtOAc:hexane, 2:1). Removal of solvents gave a suspension of white solids in a yellow oil, which when analyzed by thin layer chromatography showed no starting material. The crude mixture containing 1,3-propane diol was used without further purification.

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