Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → HCID 67609963, compound

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Commercially available 7-dehydrocholesterol (18.3 g, 47.6 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (150 mL), and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (24.9 mL, 143 mmol) and chloromethylmethyl ether (7.23 mL, 95.2 mmol) were added thereto at room temperature, followed by stirring overnight. A saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution was added to the reaction mixture, followed by extraction with chloroform twice. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield a residue. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain (S)-3-methoxymethoxy-5,7-cholestadiene (18.1 g, 89%).

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