Dimethylformamide → 3-{[tert-Butyl(dimethyl)silyl]oxy}-5-ethyl-2-fluorobenzaldehyde

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A solution of 12.7 g of t-butyl-(5-ethyl-2-fluorophenoxy)dimethylsilane and 7.5 g of N,N,N′N′-tetramethylethylenediamine in 250 ml of THF was cooled to −75° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere, and then 55.6 ml of s-butyllithium (0.99 M, cyclohexane solution) was added and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. After adding 7.74 ml of DMF and stirring at −75° C. for 1 hour, the temperature was allowed to rise to room temperature. Next, 500 ml of diethyl ether and 500 ml of a 5% aqueous ammonium chloride were added to the reaction mixture, the organic layer was washed twice with 500 ml of water and once with 500 ml of saturated aqueous sodium chloride in that order, and the aqueous layer was extracted with 100 ml of diethyl ether. The organic layers were combined and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the desiccating agent was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate-heptane) to give the title compound (12.6 g) as a white solid.

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