Diethyl Ether → HCID 53956501, compound

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To a stirred solution of 0.8 g of racemic-3,4-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2-methyl-8-n-propyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-propanoic acid ethyl ester in 8 ml of pyridine was added 0.37 ml of acetic anhydride. The solution was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours then poured into ice-water and worked up with ether in the usual manner (the combined ether extracts were additionally washed with 1N hydrochloric acid and saturated sodium bicarbonate solutions). The oily product (1.0 g) was chromatographed on 50 g of silica gel. Elution with 19:1 toluene-ethyl acetate afforded 0.575 g (63.3%) of racemic-7-acetoxy-3,4-dihydro-2-methyl-8-n-propyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-propanoic acid ethyl ester as a pale-yellow oil.

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