Bismuth trichloride as mild reagent, has been found to be a worthful catalyst for tetrahydropyranylation of 1°,2 °,3°, allylic, benzylic alcohols, and symmetric di-ols. At room temperature the reagent THP(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran) was successfully employed as pyranylating agent in presence of BiCl 3 catalyst without the use of a solvent and the yields of the products were found to be 90-96%. Further, the depyranylation of alcohols was achieved in quantitative yield by simple addition of MeOH using the same catalyst. The developed method was showed good chemo-selectivity in symmetrical diols for mono THP protection.
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