Methyl iodide → HCID 23372386, compound

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Reaction Steps

A suspension of 60% sodium hydride in mineral (1.2 g) in THF (56 ml) is cooled to -20° C. and of solution of methyl 2-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxymethyl-4-hydroxy-5-iodohydrocinnamate (12.6 g), iodomethane (5 ml) and 1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (DMPU) (8 ml) in THF (20 ml) is added. The cold bath is removed, the mixture stirred for about 2 hours, and diluted with ether. The ether solution is washed with 0.1M HCl, brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue is purified by flash chromatography, eluting with 10% ether in hexanes, to give the desired product.

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