1,2-dichloroethyne

Conditions: temp:-78.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: Into an oven dried, argon purged flask tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added and the solution was cooled with an ice bath. A 1.8 M solution of lithium diisopropylamide (7.2 mL, 13 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran/heptane/ethylbenzene was added. The resulting solution was cooled to −78° C., and treated dropwise with methyl tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxylate (Sigma-Aldrich) (1.20 mL. 1.30 g, 9 mmol) followed by hexamethylphosphoramide (1.56 mL, 1.61 g, 9 mmol). The resulting solution was warmed to 0° C., stirred for 20 min., cooled to −78° C., and treated dropwise with pre-cooled (0° C.) solution of 1,2-dichloro-ethyne (ca. 10 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min and then allowed to warm to room temperature. After 4 hours at room temperature, the reaction mixture was poured into crushed ice and extracted with diethyl ether (200 mL) (5 mL of brine was added to support the separation). The organic phase was separated and washed with water (200 mL). This water phase was extracted with diethyl ether (100 mL). The combined organic fractions were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered through a 2 cm layer of silica gel (silica gel layer was washed with 50 mL of ethyl acetate), and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was subjected to silica gel chromatography (gradient from 0-15% ethyl acetate in iso-hexanes) to afford the title compound (1.22 g, 67%) as a colorless oil. Rf=0.48, 30% ethyl acetate in iso-hexanes, phosphomolybdic acid in ethanol. LCMS (m/z) 203.2/205.3 [M+H]′ Tr=3.12 min (Gemini 5u C18 110 Å, 50×4.60 mm 5 micron column, 3.5 min, 2 ml/min, 5-100% acetonitrile/water, 0.1% acetic acid modifier gradient). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.79-3.65 (m, 4H), 3.72 (s, 3H), 1.97 (m, 2H), 1.78 (m, 2H). Into an oven dried argon purged flask tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added the solution was cooled with an ice bath The resulting solution was warmed to 0° C. cooled to −78° C. treated dropwise The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min to warm to room temperature After 4 hours at room temperature the reaction mixture was poured into crushed ice extracted with diethyl ether (200 mL) (5 mL of brine was added the separation) The organic phase was separated washed with water (200 mL) This water phase was extracted with diethyl ether (100 mL) The combined organic fractions were washed with brine (100 mL) dried over magnesium sulfate filtered through a 2 cm layer of silica gel (silica gel layer was washed with 50 mL of ethyl acetate) concentrated under reduced pressure