3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran → 2-(2-Bromoethoxy)tetrahydro-2H-pyran

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To a solution of 2-bromoethanol (15 g, 0.12 mol) in DCM (150 mL) was added PPTS (891 mg, 3.6 mmol), then dihydropyran (10.6 g, 0.126 mol) was added dropwise at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. It was partitioned between DCM and water. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a crude product which was purified by column chromatography eluting with petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (50:1) to give 2-(2-bromoethoxy)tetrahydro-2H-pyran (18.0 g, 72.0% yield) as a light yellow oil.

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