Diethyl Ether → Benzyloxymethyl-5'-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilylthymidine

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To a stirred solution of 2 (117.0 g, 243.8 mmol) and Hunig's base (diisopropylethylamine, 63.0 g, 487.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (400 mL) at 23° C. was added a solution of benzyl chloromethyl ether (40.7 g, 260.0 mmol) over a 15 min. period. The resultant mixture was maintained at 23° C. and stirred for 14 h. Ether (1 L) was added to the mixture and the ethereal solution was washed with 10% aqueous HCl (2×100 mL) and H2O (200 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (CH2Cl2 /AcOEt 40:1 then 10:1) to yield 128.9 g (88%) of 3 as a white solid. Rf (CH2Cl2 /AcOEt 10:1) 0.31.

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