Dimethyl Sulfoxide → HCID 70391994, compound

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Reaction Steps

A DMSO (60 mL) solution of the crude optically active (5Z,11alpha,13S,14E)-13-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)-11,16,16-trimethyl-9-hydroxyprosta-5,14-dien-1-oic acid methyl ester (11.1 g) was treated with triethylamine (22 mL) and then dropwise with a DMSO (60 mL) solution of sulfur trioxide pyridine complex (11.1 g) during 30 minutes while stirring. After 31/2 hours, the reaction mixture was poured into a slush of ice and brine (600 mL) and extracted with hexane (3×150 mL). The combined extracts were washed with 2N HCL, water, NaHCO3 solution, and brine, then dried over sodium sulfate and stripped of solvent. The crude optically active (5Z,11alpha,13S,14E)-13-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)-11,16,16-Trimethyl-9-oxoprosta-5,14-dien-1-oic acid methyl ester was obtained as a yellow oil weighing 10.55 g (95.4%).

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