Ethanol → HCID 57890274, compound

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7(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)-3-(4-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)phenyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)chroman-4-ol (42 g), pTsOH (435 g), boiling chips and 2.5 L of ethanol were combined in a 2-neck 5 L round bottom flask with condenser attached. The reaction was heated at reflux for 3 hours. The solvent was concentrated in vacuo to ˜100 ml before being poured into chilled, stirred water (700 ml). The mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined organic layers washed with water (3×2 L), brine (1×500 ml), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and filtered and solvent removed in vacuo to give red/brown oil. The oil was dissolved in methanol (˜100 ml) and put in freezer overnight.

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