Sodium Hydroxide → [(2S)-7-(Methylsulfonyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-YL]methanol

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A mixture of [(2S)-7-bromo-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-yl]methanol (0.6 g, 2.3 mmol), sodium methanesulfinate (85%) (0.4 g, 3.4 mmol), CuI (0.043 g, 0.2 mmol), L-proline (0.052 g, 0.5 mmol) and NaOH (0.018 g, 0.5 mmol) in DMSO (3 ml) was heated under microwave radiation at 140° C. for 2 h 30 min in a nitrogen-flushed vial. The mixture was mixed with 2 other batches and water and EtOAc was added. The solution was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 ml). The combined organic phases were washed with LiCl (5%), HCl (1 N) and brine. The resulting solution was dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated to dryness. Purification on flash column chromatography (isooctane/EtOAc) gave the title compound (1.2 g). MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 244 (M+, bp), 213 (39), 165 (26), 134 (22), 79 (23).

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