Hydrochloric Acid → trityloxy-acetic Acid Ethyl Ester

To a solution of (chloromethanetriyl)tribenzene (9.8 g, 35.2 mmol) in DCM (500 ml), ethyl 2-hydroxyacetate (4.33 ml, 45.7 mmol) and Py (3.70 ml, 45.7 mmol) were added at RT. The reaction was heated at 50° C. for 9 hours. HCl 2N was added to the mixture, and the organic phase was separated, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated under vacuum. The resulting white solid was triturated in Hexane. Ethyl 2-(trityloxy)acetate was obtained (8.2 g, 23.67 mmol, 67.3% yield) and used in the following step without further purification.