Imidazole → ethyl (S)-alpha-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-alpha-phenylacetate

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A solution of 31.4 g of t-butyldimethylsilyl chloride in 200 ml of dimethylformamide was added dropwise to a solution of 25 g of ethyl (S)-(+)-mandelate and 28.4 g of imidazole in 800 ml of dimethylformamide, and the resulting mixture was stirred overnight at 40° C. At the end of this time, the dimethylformamide solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by column chromatography through silica gel, using a 10:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the eluent, to give the title compound having an Rf=0.84 (thin layer chromatography over silica gel, using a 10:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the developing solvent).

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