3-Butyn-2-ol → HCID 10421814, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A solution of 3-butyn-2-ol (42 g, 0.6 mol) in dry THF (800 ml) under nitrogen was cooled with a dry-ice/acetone bath. n-Butyl lithium (390 ml of 2.5M and 230 ml of 1.5M) in hexane was added rapidly, dropwise. The suspension became gelatinous and another 800 mls of dry THF was added. The reaction was stirred at approximately -78° C. for 1 hour and then at 0° C. for 20 minutes. The reaction was cooled to -78° C. and 1-ethoxycarbonyl-4-piperidinone (104 g, 0.607 mol) in 300 ml of dry THF was added rapidly dropwise. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice-bath, diluted with THF (1.51 ), decomposed with saturated NH4Cl, and the THF layer was washed three times with 200 ml of saturated ammonium chloride. The aqueous layers were back-washed with THF (200 ml×3). The organic layers were combined and dried over MgSO4 and evaporated to give an oil. A one-fifth portion of the oil was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel and elution with 30% ethyl acetate/ether afforded the desired product diol (19.7 g).

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