Water → Methyl 2-(9-chloro-8-oxononyloxy)-2-methylpropionate

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Methyl 2-(9-chloro-8-hydroxynonyloxy)-2-methylpropionate (31 g) was dissolved in 465 ml of acetone, and 46 ml of Jones reagent prepared by adding 10.2 ml of conc. sulfuric acid and 12 g of chromic (VI) oxide to 45 ml of water was added dropwise with stirring under ice-cooling. After 3-hour-stirring at room temperature, an excess amount of Jones reagent was decomposed by adding isopropyl alcohol, The reaction mixture was poured into ice-cold water, extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (Wakogel® C-200, n-hexane: ethyl acetate=7.5:1) to provide 18.16 g of the objective compound as oil.

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