Benzene → (2-Bromoethoxy)-tert-butyldimethylsilane

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2 g of ethylene bromohydrin and 2.4 g of imidazole were dissolved in 40 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, to which 2.65 g of t-butyldimethylsilyl chloride were added at room temperature. After completion of the reaction, benzene was added, followed by washing with water and a sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution and drying with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. This was filtered and the solvent was distilled off, thereby obtaining 3.60 g of the captioned compound (yield 94%).

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