HCID 66819893, compound → 1-(5-hydroxymethyl-furan-2-yl)-ethanone

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Crude 1-[5-(tetrahydro-pyran-2-yloxymethyl)-furan-2-yl]-ethanone (89 g, 0.40 mol) was dissolved in MeOH (500 mL) and treated with Amberlyst 15 (15 g) at rt. The reaction mixture was stirred at 35° C. for 1 h, cooled to rt and filtered over celite. Et3N (1 mL) was added and the mixture was evaporated to dryness. The residue was stripped with methylcyclohexane and 1-(5-hydroxymethyl-furan-2-yl)-ethanone (55 g, 99%) was obtained as a yellow oil that solidified on standing.

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