Acetic Anhydride → HCID 12878327, compound

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One hundred milligrams of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-7-(p-benzyloxyphenyl)-5-heptanolide was dissolved in 0.1 ml of methylene chloride and 0.63 ml of acetic anhydride, 0.56 ml of triethylamine and 1.5 mg of N,N-dimethyl-4-pyridineamine were added thereto under cooling at 0° C. After allowing to stand under ice-cooling for 4 hours, the reaction mixture was poured into ice-water and the crystals thus precipitated were recrystallized from a mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane (1:10) affording 68 mg of the desired compound melting at 98°-101° C.

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