Example 1
Materials
5-benzyloxy trimethylene carbonate (BTMC) was obtained from Obiter Research LLC, USA, and trimethylene carbonate (TMC) was obtained from Leapchem, Hangzhou, China. Both were used as received. Palladium on carbon (Pd/C) (10 wt. % loading (dry basis)), palladium hydroxide on carbon (Pd(OH)2/C) (20 wt. % loading (dry basis)), dimethyl sulfoxide-d6 (DMSO-d6), toluene (extra dry with molecular sieves) were from Acros, USA. Tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate (Sn(Oct)2) (96% purity) was purchased from Alfa Aesar (Ward Hill, Mass., USA) and used as received. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) (high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) grade), methanol, ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and dichloromethane (DCM) were from Fisher Scientific, Canada, were used as received. THF, EtOAc and DCM were dried over activated 3 Å molecular sieves. Hydrogen gas (H2) (99.99% purity) was from Linde Canada Ltd., Ontario, Canada.