Imidazole → (3-Bromo-5-fluorophenoxy)(tert-butyl)diphenylsilane

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To a solution of 3-bromo-5-fluorophenol (5.7 g, 30 mmol), prepared as described in Procedure 3, and imidazole (4.0 g, 60 mmol, 2 eq) in anhydrous THF (100 mL) at 0° C. was added tert-butyldiphenyl-silyl chloride (9.6 mL, 1.3 eq). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with water and extracted with hexane/EtOAc (1:1). The combined organic layers were washed with H2O (2×) and sat. NaCl (2×), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexanes/EtOAc) to give (3-bromo-5-fluorophenoxy)(tert-butyl)diphenylsilane as colorless oil (7.5 g, yield 58%).

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