Tetrahydrofuran → Rac-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3,5-dimethyl-benzonitrile

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To a solution of 3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile (5.0 g, 34.0 mmol) in THF (40 mL), rac-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-yl)-MeOH (4.49 g, 34.0 mmol) followed by PPh3 (13.4 g, 50.9 mmol) was added. The mixture was cooled with an ice-bath before DEAD (8.87 g, 50.9 mmol, 23.4 mL of a 40% solution in toluene) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by CC eluting with Hept:EA 99:1 to 92:8 to give rac-4-(2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-ylmethoxy)-3,5-dimethyl-benzonitrile as a pale yellow oil (7.20 g). LC-MS: tR=0.99 min, [M+1]+=not detected.

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