Ethyl Acetate → HCID 14037645, compound

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4.0 g of sodium tetrahydroborate was added to a solution of 12.2 g of (3aR,6R,6aR)-2,2,6-trimethyltetrahydro-2H-furo(3,4-d)(1,3)dioxol-4-ol in 10 mL of ethanol and 120 mL of tetrahydrofuran in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 5° C. to 10° C., and thereafter, a solution of 10.3 g of calcium chloride in 50 mL of ethanol was added dropwise to the mixture. The obtained mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. Thereafter, 200 mL of ethyl acetate and 300 mL of water were added to the reaction mixture. The organic layer was fractionated, and the water layer was then extracted with 200 mL of ethyl acetate six times. The organic layer was combined with the extract, and the obtained mixture was washed with a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution and was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled away under reduced pressure, and the obtained residue was then purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane=1/4 to 1/1), so as to obtain 7.4 g of (1R)-1-((4R,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl)ethan-1-ol in the form of a colorless oily product.

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