Sodium Methoxide → 8-(Methoxymethyl)-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-8-ol

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75 ml of a 25% strength methanolic sodium methoxide solution were added to 4.56 g (26.8 mmol) of the compound from Example 6A in 150 ml of methanol, and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. overnight. After cooling, the reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was taken up in saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted repeatedly with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated. This gave 3.23 g (60% of theory) of the title compound.

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