2,2-Dimethyl-4-((phenylmethoxy)methyl)-1,3-dioxolane → Solketal

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10% Palladium-carbon (1.68 g) was added to 4-benzyloxymethyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane (5.949 g, 26.76 mmol) in ethanol (150 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 25° C. under an atmosphere of hydrogen. After the reaction was over, palladium-carbon was filtered off and the solution was condensed in vacuo. The crude product was distilled to give 3.07 g of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol (yield 87%, b.p. 72° C. at 8 mmHg).

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