Toluene → Methyl 4-formyloxane-4-carboxylate

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To a solution of dimethyl tetrahydro-4H-pyran-4,4-dicarboxylate (3.9 g, 19.3 mmol) in dichloromethane (38 mL) was added dropwise a 1.01 M solution of diisobutylalminium hydride in toluene (38.2 mL, 38.6 mmol) at −78° C. over 30 min period. After being stirred at this temperature for 3 h, the mixture was quenched with followed by addition of aq. ammonium chloride and 2N hydrochloric acid. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and filtered through a pad of celite. The filtrate was washed with water and dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give an oil. The residual oil was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethylacetate 5:1) to affored 2.14 g (64%) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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