To a solution of 25 g of 4-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid in 125 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide were sequentially added 21.7 g of imidazole and 39.6 ml of tert-butyl (diphenyl)silyl chloride under cooling with ice, followed by stirring the reaction mixture at room temperature for 3 hours. To the reaction mixture was added water and extracted with hexane. The resulting hexane solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound.
