Triethylamine → Acetoxymethyl 3-bromo-4-oxo-6-phenyl-4H-pyran-2-carboxylate

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Chloromethyl acetate (2.2 ml) was added to a stirred solution of 3-bromo-4-oxo-6-phenyl-4H-pyran-2-carboxylic acid (5.9 g) and triethylamine (2.9 ml) in dry DMF (40 ml). The solution was heated at 70°-80° C. for 3 hours, then poured on to ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with sodium bicarbonate solution, dried and evaporated, and the residue was crystallised from ethanol-water. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica-gel and recrystallisation from ethyl acetate-petroleum ether 60°-80° C. gave the title product as white needles (mp 121° C.).

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