Potassium tert-butoxide → 2-methyl-2H-pyran-3,5(4H,6H)-dione

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Potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butanol (1 M, 203 mL) and the product from Example 44B (15.5 g, 97 mmol) in ether (55 mL) were processed as described in Example 43C. The residue was purified on silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate:formic acid:water:hexane (200:1:1:200) provided the title compound. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.48 (d, 3H), 3.43 (d, 1H), 3.92 (d, 1H), 3.97 (q, 1H), 4.04 (d, 1H), 4.44 (d, 1H).

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