3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran → 1-Pentanol, 5-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]-

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To 31.2 g of 1.5-pentanediol was added 380 mg of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydride and dropwise 8.4 g of dihydropyran with ice-cooling and stirring over 20 minutes, and the mixture was stirred at a room temperature for 3.5 hours. After adding 300 ml of chloroform, the mixture was washed with 2% sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution, water and a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under a reduced pressure. The residue was applied to a silica gel column and eluted with hexane/ethyl acetate (3:1) to obtain 6.0 g of 2-(5-hydroxypentyloxy)tetrahydropyran as a colorless liquid.

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