2-Bromoethanol → Ristianol

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Sodium methoxide (361 mg., 6.7 mmoles) was dissolved in 15 ml. of ethanol and cooled in an ice-water bath. 2-Bromoethanol (760 mg., 6.08 mmoles) was added dropwise over 5 minutes, followed by the dropwise addition of 4-picolyl mercaptan (760 mg., 6.08 mmoles) in 5 ml. of ethanol. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 20 hours. Precipitated salts were removed by filtration and the filtrate evaporated to crude product, which was chromatographed on 20 g. of silica gel with chloroform and then 1% methanol in chloroform as eluant. The column was monitored by tlc (9:1 chloroform:ethanol, Rf 0.25). Clean product fractions were combined and evaporated to yield clear title product as an oil (186 mg.), having m/e 269 and pnmr/CDCl3 /TMS/delta: 8.63-8.42 (m, 2H), 7.38-7.18 (m, 2H), 3.73 (t, 2H), 3.72 (s, 2H), 2.89 (s, broad, 1 H) and 2.63 (t, 2H) ppm.

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