Ethylene Glycol → HCID 67170541, compound

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Sodium hydride (1.29 g, 60% purity in mineral oil) was dissolved in ethylene glycol (25 ml) and the raw material of step 1 was added. This mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 1 h. Volatiles were evaporated at 95° C., 1 mbar. The remainder was suspended in pyridine (25 ml), acetic anhydride (25 g) was added slowly during 30 minutes with stirring and stirring continued for 1 h. The mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water, the organic phase was washed with 2N HCl and saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over sodium chloride and evaporated to dryness in vacuo.

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