Water → Tetrahydrofuran-3-yl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate

Participants

Reaction Steps

To a mixture of 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran (7.00 g, 79.5 mmol) and pyridine (100 mL), was added p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (18.2 g, 95.4 mmol) while stirring at room temperature, and the resulting mixture was stirred for 8.5 hours. To the mixture, were added water and ethyl acetate. After thoroughly shaking the mixture, the organic layer was separated, and the organic layer was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The mixture was filtered, and then the solvent in the filtrate was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (a mixed solvent of n-heptane and ethyl acetate: n-heptane/ethyl acetate=4/1) to obtain the title compound (13.0 g, 53.7 mmol).

Provenance & Evidence