Ethylene Glycol → [2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-[1,3]dioxolan-2-yl]methanol

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The same reaction as in the synthesis of 3a was conducted from 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-hydroxyethanone (23.89 g, 155 mmol), ethylene glycol (42 mL, 780 mmol), p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (0.5 g) and benzene (300 mL) and the resulting crude product was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (toluene:ethyl acetate=4:1) to give [2-(4-fluorophenyl)-[1,3]dioxolan-2-yl]methanol (22.05 g, 72%) as an oily product. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ: 3.51 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.75-3.81 (m, 2H), 3.99-4.07 (m, 2H), 4.94 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.13-7.19 (m, 2H), 7.42-7.47 (m, 2H).

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