1,3-Propanediol → HCID 54075637, compound

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To 458 mg (1.49 mmol) 3-(2-methoxy-5-methylphenylsulfonyloxy)-5-methylphenol, as prepared in the preceding step, 1.08 mL (14.9 mmol) of 1,3-propanediol and 782 mg (2.98 mmol) of triphenylphosphine in 10 mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was added 0.470 mL (2.98 mmol) of diethyl azodicarboxylate dropwise over 15 min. After stirring at ambient temperature for 2 h, the reaction mixture was concentrated to a semisolid. The resulting mixture was flash chromatographed on 50 g of silica gel with 8-10% ethyl acetate-dichloromethane. Impure fractions were re-chromatographed on 40 g of silica gel with 50-100% ethyl acetate-hexane. Material from the two purifications was combined to afford 530 mg (97% yield) of the title compound as a colorless oil: 1H-NMR (300 MHz; CDCl3) δ 7.95 (d, 1 H, J=2.2 Hz), 7.40 (dd, 1 H, J=8.5, 2.3 Hz), 6.97 (d, 1 H, J=8.5 Hz), 6.59 (br s, 1 H), 6.53 (br s, 1 H), 6.47 (t, 1 H, J=2.1 Hz), 4.01 (t, 2 H, J=6.0 Hz), 3.98 (s, 3 H), 3.81 (q, 2 H, J=5.7 Hz), 2.29 (s, 3 H), 2.25 (s, 3 H) and 1.98 (m, 2 H).

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