Boron trifluoride etherate → HCID 67304484, compound

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To a chloroform solution (8 mL) of [4-(benzyloxy)-5-bromo-2-chlorophenyl][4-[2-(methoxymethoxy)ethyl]phenyl]methanol (750 mg, 1.53 mmol) cooled in ice were added Et3SiH (367 μL, 2.30 mmol) and BF3.Et2O (232 μL, 1.83 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for an hour at the same temperature. To this solution cooled in ice was added a saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution, and warmed to room temperature. The resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with brine, and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The drying agent was filtered off, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. Thus obtained residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to obtain the title compound (290 mg, 40%) as a colorless oily compound.

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