Imidazole → Benzyl({2-[(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]ethyl})amine

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An N,N-dimethylformamide (40 ml) solution of 2-benzyl-aminoethanol (3 g), tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (3.6 g), and imidazole (3.4 g) was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour in a stream of argon air. Water (300 ml) was added to the reaction solution, and the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water and saturated brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was dried to obtain the desired compound (5.3 g, quantitative) as a pale yellow oil.

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