Benzyl Bromide → HCID 23295265, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (2.0 g, 42.02 mmol, 50% dispersion in oil) in tetrahydrofuran (20.0 ml) was added dropwise a solution of (2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxan-5-yl)-methanol (4.09 g, 28.01 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 ml) at 0° C. it was then stirred at 0° C. for 10 min and at 25° C. for 20 min. After that time, the reaction was cooled back to 0° C. and benzyl bromide (4.7 ml, 39.22 mmol) and tetrabutylammonium iodide (0.1 g, 0.27 mmol) were added. The reaction was stirred overnight at 25° C. After such time, the reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and then concentrated in vacuo. Purification on an AnaLogix Intelliflash system (120 g column, 15% ethyl acetate/hexanes to 25% ethyl acetate/hexanes) afforded 5-benzyloxymethyl-2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxane (5.28 g, 80%) as a clear oil: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 1.40 (s, 3H, CH3), 1.43 (s, 3H, CH3), 1.97-2.09 (m, 1H, CH), 3.53 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 2H, OCH2), 3.79 (dd, Jgem=11.9 Hz, J=6.4 Hz, 2H, 2×OCH of 2×OCH2), 3.98 (dd, Jgem=11.9 Hz, J=4.3 Hz, 2H, 2×OCH of 2×OCH2), 4.52 (s, 2H, OCH2Ar), 7.27-7.39 (m, 5H, Ar).

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