Sodium Acetate → L-Ribofuranoside, methyl

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Reaction Steps

L-ribofuranose (20.0 g; 132 mmol) and methanol (226 g) were added to a 1,000-mL flask. Thereafter, concentrated sulfuric acid (1.49 g; 0.11 equivalents) dissolved in methanol (21.2 g) was slowly added dropwise thereto. The obtained mixture was reacted at room temperature for 5 hours. Thereafter, sodium acetate (2.40 g) was added to the reaction product for neutralization, and it was then concentrated under reduced pressure, so as to obtain 31.18 g of crude 1-O-methyl-L-ribofuranose as a whitish oily substance.

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