1,3-Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone → 4-[[4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)phenyl]methyl]tetrahydropyran-4-carbonitrile

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Obtained by operating as in example 87a, from 6.3 g (62.2 mmoles) of diisopropylamine in 104 ml of tetrahydrofuran, 38.7 ml (62.0 mmoles) of a 1.6M solution of n-butyllithium in hexane, 9.3 g of 1,3-dimethylimidazolidin-2-one, 8.8 g (56.7 mmoles) of 2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-pyran-4-carbonitrile (prepared according to Gibson C. S. and Johnson J. D. A., J. Chem. Soc. (1930), 2525-30) in 93 ml tetrahydrofuran and 17.7 g (62 mmoles) of the compound prepared in example 26a. After purification by chromatography on a column of silica in a hexane-ethyl acetate (1:1) mixture, there is obtained 10.5 g (yield=75.5%) oil.

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