N-Hydroxyphthalimide → HCID 13989886, compound

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Diethyl azodicarboxylate (15.6 ml 99.4 mmol) added to a solution of 3-benzyloxy-1-propanol (15 g, 90.4 mmol), N-hydroxyphthalimide (14.7 g, 90.1 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (23.7 g, 90.4 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (450 ml). After 16 hours at 20° C. the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue chromatographed on silica gel (eluted with hexane:acetone, 3:1) to yield the title compound as a yellow oil (27.8 g, 99%).

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