Triethylamine → 2-[(Tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]-4-nitroaniline

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To a magnetically stirred solution of 2-amino-5-nitrophenol (5.62 g, 36.5 mmol) and chloro-t-butyldimethylsilane (5.00 g, 33.2 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (66 mL) was added triethylamine (5.55 mL, 39.8 mmol) at 25° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours and partitioned between diethyl ether (200 mL) and saturated ammonium chloride. The aqueous layer was separated and the ether layer washed (saturated ammonium chloride, 1×; water, 1×; brine, 1×), dried (MgSO4), filtered, and evaporated in vacuo. Crystallization from ethyl acetate/hexanes gave 7.5 g (84%) of O-t-butyldimethylsilyl-2-amino-5-nitrophenol.

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