Chlorotrimethylsilane → HCID 86722957, compound

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To a suspension of zinc dust (2.06 g, 31.5 mmol) in diethyl ether (50 mL) under argon was added trimethylsilyl chloride (3.0 mL, 23.6 mmol) and the reaction stirred for 15 min at RT. The reaction was then heated at reflux for 25 min. Benzyl bromoacetate (3.9 mL, 24.6 mmol) and 1,4-cyclohexanedione monoethylene acetal (3.05 g, 19.6 mmol) were added and the reaction was kept at reflux for 1.3 hr. The reaction was then cooled to RT, quenched with 1N HCl (125 mL) and stirred overnight. The aqueous layer was extracted with Et2O (3×). The combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaHCO3, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (0-60% EtOAc:Hexane) to provide 2.79 g (54%) of pure product. ESI-MS m/z 285 (M+Na)+.

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