Sodium Hydroxide → 4,7-Di-t-butyl-5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran

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In a solution of 2.84 g of 4-t-butyl-5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran [J. Org. Chem. 53, 4135 (1988)] in 10.0 g of t-butyl alcohol and 20 ml of chloroform was added dropwise 10 ml of methane sulfonate under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 15 minutes, then poured into ice water. Then, the mixture was neutralized with a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extracted layers were washed with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated. The concentrate was purified by silica gel column chromatography (in n-hexane) to give 1.78 g of 4,7-di-t-butyl-5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran as a white crystal (yield 48%).

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