4-Bromopyridine → 8-(4-Pyridinyl)-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-8-ol

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Thirty-five ml of ether was cooled to -78° C., to which 20 ml of a 1.6 mol n-butyl lithium solution in hexane was added. Next, 5 g of 4-bromopyridine was dissolved in 30 ml of ether and the solution was added to the mixture. Then, a solution of 5 g of 1,4-cyclohexanedione monoethyleneacetal in 30 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added to the mixture. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was poured into saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution. The mixture was extracted with chloroform and the extract was purified to give 5 g of 4-hydroxy-4-(4-pyridyl)cyclohexanone ethyleneacetal.

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