Ethanol → Ethyl (1S,3S,6R)-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane-3-carboxylate

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(1S,4S,5S)-4-Iodo-6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-7-one (J. Org. Chem., 1996, Vol. 61, p. 8687) (89.3 g) was suspended in ethanol (810 ml), a 2N aqueous solution (213 ml) of sodium hydroxide was added, and the mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. After the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and water was added to the residue to conduct extraction with methylene chloride, the extract was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate=17:3) to obtain the title compound (41.3 g).

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