Chlorotrimethylsilane → 1-Bromo-3-(trimethylsiloxy)benzene

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A dry 5 1, 3-neck flask with mechanical stirrer, connected to a mineral oil bubbler, was charged with m-bromophenol (A) (150 g, 870 mmol), dry tetrahydrofuran (THF, 2 l) and triethylamine (132.1 g, 1.3 mol). The contents of the flask were cooled to 0° C., and chlorotrimethylsilane was added dropwise. A voluminous white precipitate was formed. The reaction was allowed to equilibrate to room temperature over a period of 21 h. The mixture was then filtered to remove triethylamine hydrochloride. Removal of solvents precipitated some remaining hydrochloride salt. The mixture was further purified by repeatedly adding hexane followed by filtration to yield 3-bromo-O-trimethylsilylphenol (B) (207 g, 97% yield).

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