Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(Trifluoromethyl)oxan-3-ol

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Tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added to a round bottom flask and placed under N2. trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (1.033 mL, 6.99 mmol) was then added and stirred under N2 and then cooled to 0° C. Dihydro-2H-pyran-3(4H)-one (500 mg, 4.99 mmol) was then added via syringe and stirred for 5 minutes at 0° C. to ensure complete mixing. TBAF (0.050 mL, 0.050 mmol) was added dropwise slowly via syringe. The reaction was then allowed to warm up to RT for 30 min. The reaction was then cooled back down to 0° C. and added 1M HCl (50 mL) and then stirred at RT for overnight. The reaction was diluted with water and EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated to give the crude product 3-(trifluoromethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-ol (400 mg, 47.1% yield) as an oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ 4.01-3.93 (m, 1H), 3.82 (dd, J=11.8, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 3.60 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 1H), 3.41 (td, J=11.8, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 2.10-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.97-1.90 (m, 1H), 1.82 (dd, J=12.9, 4.4 Hz, 1H), 1.65-1.55 (m, 1H).

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