Reaction of formylfurancarboxylates with excess ethylene glycol in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid gives rise to (1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)furancarboxylates. Reduction of these products with lithium aluminum hydride proceeds with preservation of the dioxolane ring. Except for 5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-y1)(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-3-furan, the obtained alcohols are unstable. Chlorides derived from them decompose under conditions of the Michaelis-Becker reaction, and no phosphorylation products are formed. By contrast, the above-mentioned stable alcohol by treatment with thionyl chloride in the presence of pyridine is converted to a fairly stable chloromethylfuran. The latter compound reacts with sodium diethyl phosphite in benzene to form the corresponding phosphonate that exists as a 1 :4 mixture of two spectroscopically discernible conformers.
Reaction of formylfurancarboxylates with excess ethylene glycol in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid gives rise to (1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)furancarboxylates. Reduction of these products with lithium aluminum hydride proceeds with preservation of the dioxolane ring. Except for 5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-y1)(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-3-furan, the obtained alcohols are unstable. Chlorides derived from them decompose under conditions of the Michaelis-Becker reaction, and no phosphorylation products are formed. By contrast, the above-mentioned stable alcohol by treatment with thionyl chloride in the presence of pyridine is converted to a fairly stable chloromethylfuran. The latter compound reacts with sodium diethyl phosphite in benzene to form the corresponding phosphonate that exists as a 1 :4 mixture of two spectroscopically discernible conformers.