Triethylamine → 2-((tert-Butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy)ethanol

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Commercially available 2-hydroxyethyl acetate (3.12 g, 30.0 mmol), triethylamine (4.6 ml, 33 mmol), and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine (100 mg) were dissolved in dichloromethane (20 ml), then tert-butylchlorodiphenylsilane (8.65 g, 31.5 mmol) was added thereto at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred for 20 hours. The obtained solution was diluted with a mixed solvent of hexane-ethyl acetate (1:1), and then the resulting solution was washed with water and with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in methanol (100 ml), and 28% sodium methoxide in methanol (3 ml) was added thereto at room temperature followed by stirring for 2 hours. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and a phosphate buffer solution (pH 7), then the organic layer was washed with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to afford the crude title compound (5.18 g, 57% gross yield) as a colorless oil.

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