Toluene → (S)-(+)-1-Phenyl-1,2-ethanediol 2-tosylate

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Into toluene (10 ml) were added (S)-2-phenyl-2-(1-methoxy-1-methylethyloxy)ethyl p-toluenesulfonate (3.0 g), p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (1.7 g) and methanol (0.5 g), and the resulting mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, then with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The desiccant was filtered off and then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain a colorless oily compound mentioned above (2.1 g, 88.0%).

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