Pyridine → 1,4-Dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-8-ol, 8-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate)

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A mixture of 8-hydroxy-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane (237 g, 1.5 mol) and 700 ml of pyridine was stirred at 0° C. while p-toluenesulfonyl chloride was added portion-wise. After the addition was completed the mixture was stirred for two days at 7° C. The mixture was poured into a 4-kg mixture of equal parts of ice and water with vigorous stirring. After about fifteen minutes a solid separated; this was filtered and washed with water. Dissolved the solid in CH2Cl2 and separated CH2Cl2 solution from residual water. The organic layer was dried (K2CO3 --Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo at 36° C. The solution remaining was diluted with Skellysolve B and cooled to -75° C. with stirring. The white solid was filtered and dried in vacuo to give 435 g (92.9%), mp 65°-67.5° C. of the subtitled intermediate. IR C=C (1600), --SO2O-- (1350, 1180), C--O/S--O--C (1105, 945, 925), --SO3 -- (675); nmr (CDCl3) was in accordance with the structure assignment; mass spectrum m/e 312 (M+).

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