Imidazole → ((4-Bromo-2-methoxybenzyl)oxy)(tert-butyl)dimethylsilane

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tert-Butyldimethylsilyl chloride (1.04 g, 6.9 mmol) was added to a mixture of (4-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)methanol (1.0 g, 4.6 mol) and imidazole (470 mg, 7.0 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) and the resultant mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 66 h. The mixture was concentrated to about a third of the original volume then diluted with water and extracted with diethyl ether (×3). The combined organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The resultant residue was purified by chromatography (silica, 50 g column, Si-SPE, 5% diethyl ether in pentane) to afford the title compound as a colourless oil (1.51 g, 98%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): 7.34 (dt, J=8.1, 1.05 Hz, 1H); 7.11 (dd, J=8.1, 1.8 Hz, 1H); 6.95 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H); 4.69 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 2H); 3.81 (s, 3H); 0.97-0.94 (m, 9H); 0.13-0.08 (m, 6H).

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