Methyl iodide → 2-O-Methyl-1,3-O,O-benzylideneglycerol

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Sodium hydride (0.7 g, 18 mmol) was added in three portions to a solution of 2-phenyl-1,3-dioxan-5-ol. (3.0 g, 17 mmol) in THF (50 mL) at −10° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. until no gas was generated. MeI (3.5 g, 25 mmol) was then added at room temperature, and reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The reaction was diluted with water (50 mL). The solvent was removed; the residue was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 mL). The combined organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a brown crude oil which was recrystallized from THF/hexane to afford 5-methoxy-2-phenyl-1,3-dioxane as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.51-7.48 (m, 2H), 7.41-7.37 (m, 3H), 5.56 (s, 1H), 4.25-4.19 (m, 2H), 4.07-4.03 (m, 2H), 3.48 (s, 3H).

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