Potassium Carbonate → (R)-1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)pent-4-yn-2-ol

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Potassium carbonate (2.14 g, 15.5 mmol) was added to a solution of (R)-1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-5-(trimethylsilyl)pent-4-yn-2-ol (3 g, 10.6 mmol) in methanol (100 mL) and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 8 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and aqueous ammonium chloride solution (100 mL) was added to the resulting oil. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography (biotage) using a gradient of EtOAc in hexane to afford (R)-1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)pent-4-yn-2-ol (1.81 g, 8.44 mmol, 80%).

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