Sodium hydride → HCID 58381685, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaene-1-thiol (305 mg, 1.00 mmol) in dry DMF (10 mL) at 0° C. under inert atmosphere was added NaH (60% in mineral oil, 44 mg, 1.1 mmol). After fifteen minutes ethyl 2-bromo-cyclobutane carboxylate (170 μL, 1.05 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 1.5 hour at 0° C. The reaction was quenched by addition of sat. aq. NH4Cl (20 mL). Heptane (50 mL) was added, and the phases were separated. The water phase was extracted with heptane (2×25 mL). The combined organics were washed with water (25 mL) and brine (25 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to give 409 mg of the title compound as a crude oil. Purification by flash chromatography on silica gel using isocratic elution (heptane:acetone 98:2) afforded 243 mg (56% yield) of the title compound as oil.

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