Diethyl Ether → 1-[[3,5-bis[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]benzoyl]oxy]-2,5-pyrrolidinedione

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A mixture of 3,5-bis[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]benzoic acid (5.00 g, 15.5 mmol), 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (3.72 g, 18.1 mmol) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (2.08 g, 18.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 40 h. Ether (100 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred for 20 min. The white solid was filtered off and discarded. The solvent was evaporated from the filtrate, and the residue was coated onto silica gel and chromatographed (50-75% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to give 1-[[3,5-bis[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]benzoyl]oxy]-2,5-pyrrolidinedione (5.84 g, 90%) as a white solid.

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