p-Toluenesulfonic acid → 4-(Tetrahydro-pyran-2-yloxy)-but-2-yn-1-ol

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To a solution of 90 g (1.07 mol) of 2-butyne-1,4-diol and 9 g of p-toluenesulfonic acid in 1000 ml of tetrahydrofuran, cooled to 0° C., there were added dropwise 104.88 ml (96.69 g, 1.15 mol) of dihydropyran, and thereafter the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. It was then neutralized with triethylamine and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (2000 g) using hexane-ethyl acetate (80:20) as eluant, to yield 2-butyne-1,4-diol monotetrahydropyranyl ether and a small amount of the bis-tetrahydropuranyl ether.

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