Methyl iodide → Methyl 3-methyl-4-oxooxane-3-carboxylate

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Methyl 4-oxo-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-carboxylate and methyl 4-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-3-carboxylate (13.5 g, 85.5 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (70 mL). Sodium hydride (60%, 3.6 g, 1.05 eq) was added at 0° C. After 10 min, iodomethane (6.7 mL, 1.25 eq) was added. The reaction was stirred overnight, diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL), and washed with water (5×100 mL). The aqueous layer was re-extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with 20% ethyl acetate/hexane to yield 8.2 g (61%) of methyl 3-methyl-4-oxo-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-carboxylate.

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