wt/vol

 

wt/vol

MW

Moles

density

equivs.

yield

I

0.664 g

206.19

0.0032

 

1.0

 

II

0.053 g

190.22

0.0003

 

0.1

 

III

0.47 mL

104.15

0.0038

0.847

1.2

 

IV

40 mL

-

-

 

 

 

V

0.639 g

246.25

0.0026

 

 

(81%)

 

Protection:  100 mL 1-neck flask, stirbar, Dean-Stark, condenser, N2 inlet

                  Dissolved 0.664 g of diol I in 40 mL of benzene at rt.  Added 0.053 g of TsOH-H2O followed by 0.47 mL of 2,2-dimethoxypropane (III).  Heated to reflux.  After 16 h the reaction was cooled to rt, quenched with sat. aq. NaHCO3 and extracted with Et2O.  The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation.  The product was isolated by flash chromatography on silica gel using 10:90 EtOAc-hexanes as eluant.  The product was a clear, colorless oil. 

 

1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) d 4.81 (s, H2, H3, 2H), 4.23, 4.16 (qABq, J = 11.0, 7.0 Hz, CO2CH2CH3, 4H), 1.65 (s, C(CH3) 2, 3H), 1.41 (s, C(CH3)2, 3H), 1.28 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, CO2CH2CH3, 6H). 

 

notes

 

The mechanism of the acetonide protection illustrates how the reaction is catalytic in acid.