Acetic Anhydride → HCID 23320340, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.6 g of rac-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro-3'-hydroxy-3'-hydroxymethyl-5',8'-dimethoxyspiro[1,3-dithiolane-2,1'-naphthalene] were dissolved in 30 ml of dry pyridine and 1.5 g of acetic anhydride were added to the solution. The mixture was left to stand at room temperature for 20 hours and then poured into ice-cold 5-M sulphuric acid. The resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, the extracts were washed with water and sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried and evaporated to give 1.8 g of rac-3'-acetoxymethyl-1',2',3',4'-tetrahydro-3'-hydroxy-5',8'-dimethoxyspiro[1,3-dithiolane-2,1'-naphthalene] in the form of a colourless oil which was used directly in the next step.

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