1-(Furan-2-yl)but-3-en-1-ol → HCID 12877516, compound

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Reaction Steps

Into 350 ml of a water-acetone (1:6 by volume) mixture, was dissolved 10 g of 2-(1-hydroxy-3-butenyl)-furan. To the solution heated at 55° C. under reflux, was added dropwise 6.6 g of polyphosphoric acid. After having been stirred at 55° C. for 48 hours, the reaction mixture was stripped of the acetone by distillation and the residue was extracted twice with 300 ml of ether. The extract solution was washed with an aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution, then with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and freed from the solvent by distillation to obtain 9.5 g of a concentrate. On distillation of the concentrate, there were obtained 4.2 g of 2-(1-hydroxy-3-butenyl)furan (b.p. 78° C./10 mmHg) and 3.8 g (65.5% yield based on consumed starting material) of the intended 4-hydroxy-5-allyl-2-cyclopentenone (b.p. 97° C./0.7 mmHg).

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