Benzaldehyde → 1-Phenyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)ethanol

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To benzaldehyde (2.17 g, 20.4 mmol) in 20 mL of ether, 1 M (trimethylsilyl)methyl magnesium chloride solution in ether (28.6 mL) was added at 0° C. After two hours of stirring at 0° C., a saturated NH4Cl solution was added and the mixture was extracted with ether (3×). The combined organic extract was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated to give the title product (4.12 g).

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