Ethylene Glycol → HCID 22086394, compound

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To a stirred solution of 2-1 (45 g, 156 mmol) and ethylene glycol (13.0 mL, 223 mmol) in benzene (500 mL) was added catalytic p-toluenesulfonic acid (125 mg). The resulting mixture was heated at strong reflux with azeotropic removal of water for 4 h. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate, saturated aqueous sodium chloride, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The reaction mixture was filtered and concentrated at reduced pressure to give 2-2 as a yellow oil, which crystallized on standing.

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