Acetic Anhydride → Baccatin Iii

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 50 mg (91.9 μmol) of 10-deacetylbaccatin III and 13 μL (1.5 eq.) of acetic anhydride in 2.0 mL of freshly distilled tetrahydrofuran 100 μL of a solution of 4.5 mg of commercial scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate in 1.0 mL of tetrahydrofuran was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 48 hours. Usual workup and isolation of the product by means of preparative TLC (Silica 60, CH2Cl2/MeOH 10:1) afforded 9 mg of unreacted 10-deacetylbaccatin III (18%) along with 31 mg of baccatin III (58%). 1H-NMR and Rf-value (TLC) were in accordance with the product from example 1.

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